Ukraine will receive a batch of international humanitarian aid worth 4.2 million lei to eliminate the environmental and humanitarian consequences caused by the dam’s destruction in Nova Kakhovka. This decision was made at Commission for Emergency Situations meeting, chaired by Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean, the government’s department for press relations and protocol reports.
The relief shipment includes water pumping stations, inflatable boats, food, and flood relief equipment. Goods will be provided from the reserves of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations and the Agency for Material Reserves.
According to official data provided by the Ukrainian authorities, more than 2,600 houses were flooded as a result of the destruction of the dam in Novaya Kakhovka, and about 1,700 people were evacuated from the affected area.
Recall that on Monday 7 June, the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station (Kherson region) broke through the dam. Ukrainians and Russians blame each other for its destruction.
As of June 8, the water level in Novaya Kakhovka fell by 2 meters compared to the peak of the flood, when the water rose by 12 meters. During the flood in the area of ​​New Kakhovka, five people drowned, said the head of the Novokakhovka urban district, Vladimir Leontiev.