Satellite photos launched by Maxar Technologies, the US area expertise firm, present the aftermath of the assault on the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. “The dam and hydroelectric energy station have been nearly destroyed with few constructions left standing,” Maxar stated in a press release.
The Kakhovka hydroelectric energy station is the fifth in Ukraine and the reservoir, constructed within the Fifties, contained 18 million cubic meters of water till Tuesday. Satellite photos present extreme flooding, with homes and buildings submerged beneath water. kyiv says the floods have an effect on greater than 40,000 individuals on either side of the Dnieper River and the floods are anticipated to peak on Wednesday.
Maxar has made a comparability of earlier than and after the dam blast, for which Russia and Ukraine proceed responsible one another with out providing conclusive proof.
Image of the residential space alongside the Dnieper River earlier than the assault. Maxar Technologies
Image of the residential space alongside the Dnieper day after the assault. Maxar Technologies
Some 900 individuals have been evacuated from these territories and 17 have been rescued from roofs, because the water has reached 12 meters in peak. Authorities have predicted that the water stage will start to drop inside three days.
The expertise firm has ensured that they took photos of greater than 2,500 sq. kilometers between Nova Kakhovka and the Dniprovska Gulf, southwest of the town of Kherson, and that they confirmed dozens of flooded cities and villages. The dam is of key significance for the world, particularly for the operation of the Zaporizhia nuclear energy plant and the provision of the Crimean peninsula.
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