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Exiled mayor: 3 dead due to floods in Kherson Oblast

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Exiled mayor: 3 dead due to floods in Kherson Oblast
Flooding in Kherson Oblast on June 6, 2023 after Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka d (Photo by Valentyna Gurova/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC "UA:PBC"/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Yevhen Ryshchuk, the exiled mayor of the Russian-occupied Oleshky, Kherson Oblast, reported on the first victims of the Kakhovka dam disaster on June 7.

According to the latest information, three people drowned.

"When the Antonivskyi bridge was blown up, the occupiers took away all the boats… There is information that the Russians are not letting people out of the flooded settlements," Ryshchuk said.

There have been reports of a dire situation on the Russia-occupied left bank of Kherson Oblast, as Russians are supposedly not organizing evacuations and obstructing volunteers.

Russia destroyed the Kakhovka dam on June 6, triggering a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster.

According to the latest information, up to 1,900 people have been evacuated from the affected areas. The victims in Oleshky would be the first reported deaths caused by the flooding so far.

Ukraine war latest: Russia destroys Kakhovka dam, sparks environmental disaster
Key developments on June 6: * Russian forces destroy Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant * Large-scale flooding triggers evacuations from Kherson Oblast * Kakhovka dam breach causes damage to environment, infrastructure * World leaders denounce Kakhovka dam breach as war crime * Zelensky: Ukra…
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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

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