Death toll rises to 10 in flooding in Kherson – International

2023-06-12 20:13:00

Ukraine reported on Monday that 10 people had died and 41 were missing in floods in Kherson caused by Russia, according to the government.

“So far, we have registered 10 dead in Kherson and the region,” Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said via Telegram, adding that “we have also reported 41 people missing.”

Located in an area under Russian control, the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam was destroyed on June 6, causing flooding in several cities and towns and forcing thousands of people from their homes.

Kherson region governor Oleksandr Prokudin said two more bodies were found today in the region’s capital.

“An unidentified woman and a 50-year-old man were found drowned in one of the city’s neighborhoods,” he added.

Yesterday, Prokudin had announced that three people were killed in Russian army shelling of a rescue boat evacuating civilians.

Ukraine accuses Russia of having laid mines and dynamited the dam, to block the passage of Ukrainian forces in this southern region, mobilized in a counteroffensive. Russia disputes the accusation and claims that the infrastructure collapsed after the Ukrainian bombings.