2023-06-12 03:28:33
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has sharply condemned the shots fired at lifeboats carrying civilians in the flooded war zone of Cherson in the south of the country. “Even animals have more morals than you, Russian state,” said Zelenskyj in his video message distributed every evening in Kiev on Sunday. “Russian terrorists continue to shell evacuation routes, evacuation points, boats that are taking people away.”
According to Ukrainian authorities, a boat with 21 people was fired upon by Russians on Sunday while the civilians tried to escape from the part of the Cherson region occupied by Moscow. Three people died and ten were injured.
First Russia blew up the dam, then left the people in the flooded area to their fate and now they are still being shot at, Zelensky said. He said representatives of the International Criminal Court in The Hague had seen the situation for themselves in Kherson. The right bank of the Dnipro River is under Ukrainian control. The experts had started investigating the disaster.
“This investigation is very important for the security of the whole world,” Zelenskyy said. Punishing Russia is a prerequisite for this evil not to be repeated in the world. According to Zelenskyy, about 4,000 people have been rescued so far. Dozens of towns and villages are still flooded, and the situation is worst in the Russian-occupied part of the Cherson region on the left bank of the Dnipro. The evacuation continues. Russia, in turn, blames Ukraine for the destruction of the dam.
Zelenskyy also said in his video message that he had put another 178 people on a sanctions list who “serve the evil that the Russian state has become”. It’s about those responsible for destroying freedoms and playing a key role in the repressions in the occupied territories of Ukraine and in Russia itself. Every “accomplice of the Russian dictatorship” will be held accountable, he promised.
After the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) pushed for broader access to the vicinity of the nuclear power plant. The water level of the dam was stable for about a day at the weekend, explains IAEA boss Rafael Grossi. “In other places of the huge reservoir, however, the level continues to drop, which leads to a possible difference of about two meters.” “In other places of the huge reservoir, however, the level continues to drop, resulting in a possible difference of around two meters.”
The height of the water level is an important parameter for the continued functionality of the water pumps. According to the IAEA, the water from the reservoir is used to cool the plant’s six reactors and to store spent fuel elements.
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