The humanitarian aid collected by Kharkiv residents in a few days has already left Kharkiv for Kherson region. Another truck with drinking water was sent to the flood victims last week.
The aid collection points continue working in all city parts from 9:00 to 18:00.
“We are bringing more than 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Kherson. This includes canned food, pasta, medicines, boats, pumps, and clothes. People need all of this. This aid was collected in three days and we could not load it all into our trucks and drive it away. The humanitarian convoy’s next stage will occur tomorrow or the day after. People were buying at their own expense, asking for lists of what they needed. Kharkiv has been in trouble for a long time: we also needed help, and we know what it is. That is why we are eager to help everyone else and lend a shoulder,” commented Dmytro Malik, Head of the Dr Isayenko Charitable Foundation.
What is known regarding the disaster
On 6 June, the Russian military blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station dam. As a result, water from the Kakhovka reservoir flooded many settlements on the banks of the Dnipro River downstream. Thousands of Ukrainians were left homeless.
At the same time, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, stated that “the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station is a terrorist act by Russia, which bears full responsibility for it”. According to the Prime Minister, the destruction of the hydroelectric power plant threatens to cause an environmental disaster in the South of Ukraine.
Parts of the areas down the Dnipro river from the hydroelectric power station were flooded. Along with people, pets also suffer from the accident’s consequences. For instance, the Kazkova Dibrova Zoo in Nova Kakhovka, home to about 300 animals, was flooded.
See also
- Humanitarian aid center for the affected residents of Kherson region opened in Kharkiv. Locals donated personal hygiene products, long-lasting food, animal feed and cages, and motorboats.
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