The Council of Europe reacted to the blowing up by the Russians of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, which is now beyond restoration. CE Secretary General Maria Pejcinovic Buric condemned the actions of the occupiers.

“I condemn Russia’s destruction of a dam in Ukraine: this is criminal and reckless,” she wrote on Twitter.

And hopes Russia destroys home to Ukraine: it's criminal \u0026 reckless/ It means destruction for murder in Ukraine with Russia : c'est criminel et irresponsable @coe @CoESpokesperson @UKRinCoE.

— Marija Pejcinovic Buric (@MarijaPBuric) June 6, 2023.

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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 OVA announced an urgent evacuation, and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced an urgent meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it was aware of reports of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. They say agency experts at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are closely monitoring the situation.. The IAEA assures that there is no immediate threat to nuclear safety at the station.