Water from the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station has passed half the way. A critically high level is expected around 11 a.m., head of the Kherson Regional Council Alexander Samoylenko said on the telethon.

According to him, currently Tyaginka, which is located halfway to Kherson, is partially flooded.. Although there is no critical situation in the city itself.

“The Ostrov microdistrict will indeed be partially flooded, we are preparing for this - the State Emergency Service is working in full. The services of the sanitary and epidemiological regime have risen, because the water carries with it the dirt that can affect people. All hospitals are ready today. No panic. Since October 20, it has been known about the possibility of mining this power plant, the dam, so the Kherson authorities are ready for the event that happened this morning,” said the chairman of the regional council.

He also noted that, first of all, residents of the settlements of Berislav and Kherson regions, which are located in the lower reaches of the Dnieper and Ingulets rivers, will be evacuated..

“We see the situation, all those in need will be evacuated, especially from the villages of Tyaginka, Lvov, Daryevka, possibly Ingulets and partially from the regional center. Evacuation is not necessarily a trip to other settlements, because a decline in water is predicted after the first day, and we will see the situation, what to do next,” he added.

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Recall that on the night of June 6, the Russian military blew up a dam at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. According to local residents, there was only one explosion, but after it the structures began to collapse one after another.. Cities and villages down the Dnieper are threatened with flooding. The authorities of the Kherson District announced an urgent evacuation, and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced an urgent meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.