Incidents

Strike of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the Damble of the Karlovsky Reservoir: Rescuers evacuate people, flooded houses

26 people have already been taken out of the village of Halytsynivka. According to the head of Donetsk Ova Pavel Kirilenko, there is a threat of flooding of houses in six settlements of the Pokrovsky district, where about a thousand people live. The blow of Russian invaders on the dam of the Karlovsky reservoir led to the flooding of six households, rescuers evacuated people.

This was reported on the Telegram on May 26 by the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration (OVA) Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, 26 people were taken out of Naberezhnaya Street in the village of Halytsynivka, including 8 children. As of 23. 30 on May 25, no critical infrastructure floods were found. "Rescue and operational services are at the scene and fully control the situation," Kirilenko added.

The head of the Ova recalled that the Russians at about 17:20 were struck at about 17:20, which damaged the Dam of the Karlovsky Reservoir. "There is an uncontrolled discharge of water into the Vovcha River in the direction of Halytsynivka. There is a threat of flooding of private homes in six settlements of the Pokrovsky district, where 981 people live," he said. Experts try to minimize the effects of shelling and work at the place of arrival of the projectile.

Currently, the situation is fully controlled, Kirilenko assured. The Karlovsky reservoir is located near the temporarily occupied Donetsk, it is used to store drinking water reserves and production needs of the Krasnolimanskaya mine. The reservoir was created in 1933. It should be reminded that due to the shelling of the Russian army of energy infrastructure objects in the part of the settlements of Ukraine there is no electricity.