'When Crimea is de-occupied, we will address the issue comprehensively - water supply for our four regions and Crimea. 'It is clear that the Crimean Canal will be drained, there can be no water there,' Syrota said. Syrota added that the water supply to the Crimean peninsula may be restored by 'summer of next year.' If it is damaged, it falls into the critical zone,' Syrota said. If so, the level of the Kakhovka reservoir may remain within 6 to 7 meters. 'We hope that the lower hydraulic structure remained intact. Syrota warned of 'severe environmental consequences' if the water falls below critical levels - around 3 meters. As for the volume, we estimate that there is 60% to 70% less water in the Kakhovka reservoir than there was before the blow-up,' Ukrhydroenergo CEO Ihor Syrota told CNN.

The water in the reservoir of the Nova Kakhovka dam is dropping following the dam's collapse last week, albeit slower than authorities initially feared, the CEO of Ukrainian hydroelectric company Ukrhydroenergo told CNN on Monday. Kyiv and Moscow have also blamed one another for causing the breach in the first place, although it is unclear whether the dam was deliberately attacked, or whether the collapse was the result of structural failure.

Some context: Ukraine controls the west bank of the Dnipro River and the city of Kherson after its counteroffensive last year, while Russian troops remain on the east bank in the greater Kherson region.īoth Russia and Ukraine have accused one another of shelling during the effort to evacuate civilians from areas they control. Additionally, 35 people are considered missing, including seven children. 'An unidentified woman and a 50-year-old man were found drowned in one of the city's districts today,' Prokudin said on Telegram.Ī further 20 people have been injured in the aftermath of the dam collapse, including five police officers and two rescuers, according to Prokudin.

Two more civilians have died due to the flooding in Kherson city, said region military administration head Oleksandr Prokudin. The death toll in Ukrainian-controlled areas following the flooding from the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse has risen to 10, according to the head of the Kherson region military administration on Monday. An aerial view shows a flooded area on June 10 after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, Ukraine.

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