Five residents of a Russian-occupied city next to a breached dam have died in massive flooding triggered by the catastrophe, its Kremlin-appointed mayor said Thursday, the first official report of deaths from one of the largest environmental crises since Russia's invasion of Ukraine more than 15 months ago.
Five residents of a Russian-occupied city next to a breached dam have died in massive flooding triggered by the catastrophe, its Kremlin-appointed mayor said Thursday, the first official report of deaths from one of the largest environmental crises sinceVladimir Leontyev, the Russian-appointed mayor of Nova Kakhovka, told Russian state TV that two other people who had gone missing following Tuesday's dam breach had been found, and efforts were underway to evacuate them.
Regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said the average level of flooding Thursday morning in the region was more than 5.6 metres and roughly 600 square kilometres of the region were submerged -- more than two-thirds of that on the Russian-controlled eastern bank. The reservoir is also critical for water supplies to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.
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