Moscow (EFE).- The Russian hydroelectric company, RusHydro, calculates that the water of the Dnieper river will return to its normal course next Friday, at least in the lower part of the Kajovka hydroelectric power station, where the dam that collapsed last year was located. last tuesday and that has caused the displacement of almost 9,000 people in the south of ukraine.
“According to preliminary calculations by RusHydro, the Dnieper will enter its usual course below the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station on June 16,” said Russia-imposed interim governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo.
He explained that the water began to decrease in the lower reaches of the river occupied by the Russian troops, that is, on the left bank of the Dnieper, so that in Oleshki and Hola Pristan, two of the towns that are most flooded, the level It has dropped two and one meter, respectively, to three and four meters.
In New Kakhovka the water level has decreased from three to seven meters, the pro-Russian governor stressed.
Balance indicated that so far more than 6,000 people have been evacuated from Nueva Kakhovka, Oleskhi and Hola Pristan, cities all occupied by Russia, including 235 children and 81 people with reduced mobility.
On the right bank of the river, controlled by Ukraine, the latest official number of evacuees is 2,528 citizens.
Balance assured that to eliminate the consequences of the floods, 795 people participate, but he maintained that the work is hampered “by the constant bombardments of the Ukrainian armed forces.”
The governor wanted to deny reports from volunteers in independent Russian media that the authorities are not letting them participate in the operation, stating that “volunteers from the All-Russia Student Rescue Corps and the Popular Front help the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Army”.
Russian authorities raised the number of people killed in the floods to eight on Friday, a figure that volunteers put at several dozen, according to media such as The Insider.
The residents of the areas occupied by the Russian troops also informed the press about numerous disappearances under the waters released by the hydroelectric power station.
In turn, they criticized the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations for obstructing their work by preventing them from accessing the disaster area.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine reported that five people died in the north of Kherson and another thirteen are missing.
Three civilians killed after overnight drone strike in Odessa, according to Ukraine
The Ukrainian authorities denounced a night attack with drones on the port city of Odesa, in which three civilians died and more than twenty citizens were injured.
“As a result of the air strikes, the remains of a drone fell on a block of flats and a fire broke out,” the military command of the southern region of Ukraine stated on its Facebook account, according to the Ukrinform portal.
Three civilians died in the flames and at least 26 people were injured, according to that source.
According to the military report, last night Russian troops launched 35 drones and eight missiles at different points in Ukraine.
At least 20 Iranian-made drones and two cruise missiles were shot down by air defense systems, according to the Ukrainian regional military command.
The attacks were directed mainly on Odesa and the surrounding region, as well as Poltava and Kharkov, where there was also one death.
Russia says it shot down two Ukrainian ballistic missiles over the Crimean peninsula
The leader of Crimea, Sergei Axiónov, for his part, assured that Russian anti-aircraft defense systems shot down two ballistic missiles launched by Ukraine on the annexed peninsula.
“In the morning, the air defense forces shot down two Ukrainian Grom-2 ballistic missiles,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
He explained that there were no casualties or injuries as a result of the attack.
In recent weeks, local authorities have reported several massive drone and missile attacks against the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.
One of the main targets of the enemy is the base of the Black Sea Fleet in the city of Sevastopol, which has had to reinforce its protection by land, sea and air.