The Kyiv Independent
June 7, 2023 5:05 PM
Ten thousand hectares of arable land on the right bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast are expected to be flooded after the disaster at the Kakhovka dam on June 6, the Agriculture Ministry reported on June 7.
According to the Agriculture Ministry, a “significantly larger area” on the left bank, which is currently under Russian occupation, will also likely be impacted.
The mass humanitarian and ecological disaster unfolded after the Kakhovka dam collapsed around 2:50 a.m. on June 6. According to the Ukrainian authorities, Russian forces blew up the dam to prevent a Ukrainian counter-offensive.