Ukrhydroenergo says when water from Kakhovka reservoir will peak

Then the water level will stabilize. In four to five days the water will start to recede, Ukrhydroenergo director-general Ihor Sirota said on Telegram.

The BBC also reported that commenting on the consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP, Ukrhydroenergo director-general Igor Sirota described two scenarios depending on the damage to the dam:

Also Denys Shmigal The Ukrainian prime minister wrote on Telegram that the Cabinet of Ministers appointed the interior minister responsible for the liquidation of the consequences of the explosion at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.

In addition, UAH 1.5 billion have been allocated from the Reconstruction Fund for the construction of two new main water pipelines. This is necessary to provide Kryvyy Rih, Nikopol and Marganets with drinking water.

The government has allocated almost 846 million hryvnia to Kherson, Mykolayiv, Zaporizhzhya and Dnipropetrovsk regions to meet the drinking water needs.

At the same time, military blogger and army colonel Anatoliy Stefan wrote in his Telegram that occupation troops blew up private ponds in the area of Pobednoye and Annovka, Akimovsky district, Zaporizhia region, filling them to the maximum with water.

The highway to Kherson, fields with plantations are completely flooded, locals collect fish in the fields. PS. The enemy's actions will not hurt the offensive of the defence forces," Anatoliy Stefan wrote.