According to Gladkov, the shelling targeted several areas in the border region of Belgorod, including Shebekino. “460 units of various ammunition were fired in the Shebekino urban district, 26 drops of explosive devices from UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were recorded,” Gladkov wrote, adding that in the town of Shebekino strikes were carried out mainly on residential areas. Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram Wednesday.
Belgorod shelling: Ukrainian forces carried out heavy shelling of Russia’s Belgorod region overnight, Gov.Access to water: Zelensky said the collapse of the dam has left "hundreds of thousands of people without normal access to drinking water." In a statement posted on Telegram, Zelensky also said that prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, either side of the banks of the Dnipro River was home to “at least 100,000 people" but since the war that number has fallen to "tens of thousands.".
Wang added that Beijing hopes that all parties will commit to a political solution to the crisis in Ukraine and work together to promote a de-escalation of the situation. We are deeply worried about the humanitarian, economic and ecological impacts caused by it,” Wang Wenbin said in a daily briefing. "We are seriously concerned about the Kakhovka dam destruction. China "concerned": China is "seriously concerned" about the collapse of the dam, the country's foreign ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.Ecological catastrophe: The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine has sparked fears of an ecological catastrophe, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky describing the situation as “an environmental bomb of mass destruction.” Water levels on Wednesday continued to rise after the Russian-occupied dam and hydro-electric power plant collapsed early Tuesday, forcing more than 1,400 people to flee their homes and threatening vital water supplies as flooding inundated towns , cities and farmland.The Ukrainian government nonetheless promising the rumbles of war will not impact search and rescue operations. Shelling seems to have calmed down in the past few hours, but sporadic fire is still heard in the distance. Outgoing and incoming artillery - rocket, mortars, etc - could be heard every hour throughout the day on Tuesday and then through the night and into Wednesday morning. There is, however, a sense from authorities that water levels, although still rising, are now doing so at a slower pace.Īs the humanitarian crisis continues to unravel before our eyes, the war is ever-present and Kherson remains very much a frontline city. Some areas that were accessible on foot on Tuesday are now completely underwater - in some locations, the water is up to four meters (13 feet) deep. The constant howling and meowing echo through the scene as operations continue. The people coming off the boats are visibly shaken by the ordeal - some breaking down into tears as they finally reach dry land. They have been working relentlessly since the city started to flood and now, exhausted and overwhelmed, are very much a facet of this tragedy.
#CROSSING LINES RICHARD FLOOD FULL#
More than 24 hours after the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam, the search and rescue operation in Kherson remains in full swing.Īuthorities and volunteers continue to use wooden boats and rubber dinghies to evacuate people - and a large number of cats and dogs - who were left stranded as water levels have continued to rise overnight. Residents stand on an embankment of the flooded Dnipro river as smoke rises from shelling on the opposite bank, in Kherson, Ukraine, on June 6.
0 kommentar(er)
