Nova Kakhovka
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Area | 2227 |
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Area code | 3805549 |
Country Oblast Raion | Ukraine |
Kherson Oblast | |
Weather | -1°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 85% Humidity |
Population | 46,044 (2018) |
Postal code | 74900 |
Local time | Thursday 18:08 |
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ID | 2337259 |
About Nova Kakhovka
Nova Kakhovka is a city in Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine, recognized as the Monument of Architecture, and was part of the Great Construction Projects of Communism. It is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and is an important river port on Dnieper River and the Kakhovka Reservoir.
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... Elsewhere, Ukraine says Russia has blown up another dam in the Zaporizhzhia region, following the destruction of the major Nova Kakhovka on Monday, which caused widespread flooding...
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... By Tuesday, the world s attention was captured by the destruction of the dam at Nova Kakhovka and the subsequent flooding that soon covered around 230 square miles (596 sq km) either side of the Dnipro River...
Ukraine dam: Floods devastate tracts of rich farmland
... A canal carrying water to Crimea exits the river at Nova Kakhovka, just above the dam...
Ukraine dam: Maps and before and after images reveal scale of tragedy
... The dam is next to the city of Nova Kakhovka, in the Kherson region, and holds back a reservoir that is so huge locals call it the Kakhovka Sea - because you cannot see the opposite bank in certain places...
Ukraine dam: Thousands flee as floods submerge Kherson and nearby towns
... Early on Tuesday morning, the dam in Russian-controlled Nova Kakhovka was breached, leading to mass evacuations as water levels downstream rapidly increased...
Ukraine dam: UN warns of 'grave consequences' as thousands flee homes
... On the Russian-seized riverbank of Nova Kakhovka, the Moscow-installed mayor Vladimir Leontyev said the city was underwater and 900 people had been evacuated...
'More and more water is coming every hour' - people flee as Kakhovka dam bursts
... " This is a huge ecological catastrophe, " Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko told the BBC, adding that more than 150 tonnes of engine oil from the dam near the town of Nova Kakhovka is contaminating the water...
Ukraine dam: Thousands flee floods after dam collapse near Nova Kakhovka
... President Zelensky said 80 towns and villages were at risk of flooding after the destruction of the dam at Nova Kakhovka, which he blamed on Russia...
Ukraine dam: UN warns of 'grave consequences' as thousands flee homes
The destruction of a major Dam in Ukraine will have " grave and far-reaching consequences for thousands of people" the United Nations has warned.
UN aid chief Martin Griffiths Said the scale of the catastrophe at the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine would only become clear in The Coming days.
Thousands have fled heavily-flooded towns and villages, and there are fears water levels could rise further.
Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of blowing up The Dam .
The claims by the warring sides have not been verified by The Bbc .
Addressing the UN Security Council late on Tuesday, Mr Griffiths warned that thousands of people in southern Ukraine were facing The Loss of homes, food, safe water and livelihoods.
Mass evacuations continued on Wednesday morning in the Kherson region - with satellite images showing widespread devastation there.
One of The Photos showed a flooded port and industrial area in the regional capital Kherson, which is under Ukrainian control.
Overall, about 40,000 people needed to be evacuated, Ukraine 's Deputy Prosecutor-General Viktoriya Lytvynova Said earlier: 17,000 in Ukraine -held territory west of the Dnipro River and 25,000 in the Russian-occupied east.
Some local residents have been seen desperately trying to save their belongings in homes with water levels nearing the ceiling.
The Kakhovka Dam , downstream from the huge Kakhovka reservoir, provides much needed water to farmers and residents, as well as to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant . It is also a vital channel carrying water south to Russian-occupied Crimea .
The Peak of a huge water spill downstream from the emptying reservoir was expected on Wednesday morning, warned Ukraine 's state-owned hydropower plants administrator Ukrhydroenergo.
It Said this would be followed by a period of " stabilisation" with the water expected to rapidly recede in four to Five Days .
There are concerns about the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant - Europe 's largest - which uses reservoir water for cooling.
The Situation there is Said to be Under Control and there is " no immediate nuclear safety risk" for The Plant , according to The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
One local resident Andriy, who lives close to The Dam - which was seized by Russian forces shortly after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 - Said he believed Russia wanted to " drown" his city.
In the Kherson city, A Woman called Lyudmyla - who was loading her belongings including a washing machine onto a trailer that was attached to an old car - Said : " We're afraid of flooding. We're taking our things a little higher up. "
She called for Russian forces to be " kicked out of Here . . They 're shooting at us. They 're flooding us or doing something else".
Ukraine Said two law enforcement officers were injured in Russian shelling as They were evacuating local residents on Tuesday.
On the Russian-seized riverbank of Nova Kakhovka , the Moscow-installed mayor Vladimir Leontyev Said The City was underwater and 900 people had been evacuated.
The nearby Small Town of Oleshky was also heavily flooded, Kremlin-appointed officials Said .
It is Not Yet clear what caused The Breach in The Dam , but Ukraine 's Military Intelligence has accused Russia of deliberately blowing it up to halt a long-expected Ukrainian counter-offensive.
On Tuesday evening, President Zelensky Said The Dam destruction would not stop Ukraine . " We will still liberate all Our Land , " He Said in a video address.
Meanwhile, Russia claims Ukraine carried out The Attack on The Dam to detract from what Moscow says are Kyiv's failures of its counter-offensive and to deprive Crimea - Ukraine 's southern peninsula illegally annexed by Russian in 2014 - of fresh water.
The Geneva Conventions explicitly ban targeting dams in war due to the danger it poses to civilians.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com