The committee is headed by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. The composition includes the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Alexander Kurenkov, the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov, the Deputy Minister of Finance Leonid Gornin, the First Deputy Minister of the Interior Alexander Gorovoy and the acting Governor of the Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo.
Russian Prime Minister Mishustin. (Photo: Sputnik)
Earlier, Russian President Putin instructed Prime Minister Mishustin to set up an appropriate committee. At the same time, the acting Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo indicated that the damage caused by the collapse of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant and the flooding in the territories would amount to more than 1,5 billion rubles.
Previously, he said, people in flooded areas received 48 temporary accommodation points, designed for 2.700 seats. According to him, the most difficult hours have passed. However, in 17 residential areas, the number of submerged houses has increased to nearly 22.300.
The failure of the dam at the Kakhovka hydropower plant occurred in the early morning of June 6, leading to uncontrolled discharge of water. As a result, dozens of residential areas, including Kherson and Novaya Kakhovka, were almost completely flooded. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case for a terrorist attack, which caused the collapse of the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station and floods in the territories.
Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the failure of this hydroelectric plant dam, and experts make different assumptions about the cause. However, large-scale humanitarian and environmental disasters are afflicting neighborhoods in the two-sided controlled parts of Kherson.
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