The destroy earlier this month Soviet-era dams and hydroelectric plants in an area believed to have been under Russian control since the invasion in 2022, caused widespread flooding across southern Ukraine, sweeping away homes, destroy sanitation and sewage systems as well as cripple water supplies.
IN statementHumanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown pledge that the UN will continue its relief efforts“and do all we can to reach everyone – including those suffering the consequences of the recent dam destruction – who are in dire need of life-saving assistance, no matter what.” Where.”
The UN will also continue to engage to seek the necessary access.
“We call on the Russian authorities to act in accordance with their obligations under international humanitarian law,” she said.Aid cannot be denied to those who need it.”
The draining of the Kakhovka reservoir has left tens of thousands of people in southern Ukraine without access to tap water, mainly in the Dnipro region.
Reservoir – one of the largest in Europe – supposedly 70% empty, according to Ukrainian authorities.
The width of the reservoir has also been reduced from three kilometers to one .while the water level is currently around 7 meters, much lower than the operating threshold of 12 meters, the main humanitarian coordinating wing of the United Nations, known as OCHAreported last weekend.
