Municipal workers from 13 oblasts of Ukraine working in Kherson Oblast

In the Kherson Oblast, 200 specialists from municipal services from 13 oblasts of Ukraine are helping to deal with the aftermath of the Russians' blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP.

Source:  Oleksii Kuleba, Deputy Head of the Office of the President, the President's website reports

Quote: "Side by side, we are dealing with the aftermath of Russian terror in Kherson Oblast. Rescue workers, doctors, and volunteers from all over the country are working here.

Moreover, 200 communal service workers from 13 oblasts of Ukraine have arrived in Kherson Oblast. They are pumping out the water, cleaning the roads of mud, and removing garbage."

Details: In addition, the oblasts transferred to Kherson Oblast 30 units of necessary equipment: dump trucks, loaders, excavators, tractors, garbage trucks, etc.

Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy Oblasts and Bukovyna helped with specialists and utility equipment.

Separate brigades of energy and gas workers are also being formed, which will restore the destroyed infrastructure of Kherson Oblast.

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Background: 

• On the night of 6 June, the Russian occupiers blew up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (which was mined last year), destroying the engine room and the dam, the plant cannot be restored. Silting of the Kakhovka Reservoir threatens the safety of the ZNPP.
• The blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP caused an environmental disaster. Water from the reservoir began to flood cities and villages, and evacuation began.
• The media outlets reported that US intelligence indicated that Russia was more likely involved in the blowing up. American satellites also recorded an explosion at the Kakhovka HPP shortly before its destruction.
• The International Criminal Court (ICC) began an investigation into the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant by the Russians; the other day representatives of the ICC visited Kherson Oblast.
• As of 18 June, 17 people were killed, 13 of them by drowning and 4 from gunshot wounds received during evacuation, as a result of the Russians exploding the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant.

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