The flooding in Ukraine has ruined crops, displaced land mines and set the stage for long-term electricity shortages.
The high water brought new misery and death to a country suffering uncounted casualties after 15 months of war.
In the city of Kherson, the largest municipality affected, Russian shelling echoed not far from a square where emergency crews and volunteers were dispensing aid. Nine people were wounded, including two emergency workers, a policemen, a doctor and volunteer from Germany. Russian President Vladimir Putin “has no plans at the current moment” to visit the affected Moscow-occupied areas, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.
Officials say more than 6,000 people have been evacuated on both sides of the river. The true scale of the disaster is yet to emerge in an affected area that once was home to more than 60,000. Regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin said about 600 square kilometers of the region were submerged — more than two-thirds of that on the Russian-controlled eastern bank of the Dnieper.French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted the dam's destruction was an “attack” and an “atrocious act,” without assigning blame. Paris said it was rushing aid including water purifiers, 500,000 water purification tablets and hygiene kits.
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