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Mayor of Russian-controlled area denies reports Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro river was breached, as footage circulates seeming to show damage
Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson region, has posted a video to Telegram in which he says that as a result of the damage to the Nova Kahhovka dam, “water will reach a critical level in 5 hours” and that evacuations have begun.
The translation of the video was obtained via Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
The water will reach a critical level in 5 hours, the evacuation has begun - the head of Kherson OVA
As Alexander Prokudin reported, local residents have already begun to be evacuated from potential flood areas. He confirmed that the [Russians] had blown up the Kakhovskaya HPP and called for them to leave the dangerous places as soon as possible.
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