ROSTOV-ON-DON. June 6 (Interfax) - Head of the Novaya Kakhovka administration Vladimir Leontyev has ordered the declaration of an emergency over floods caused by partial destruction of the Kakhovka Hydropower Plant (HPP) infrastructure in the Kherson region.
"To declare an emergency for respective authorities and forces of the unified state system for the prevention and mitigation of emergency situations starting at noon on June 6. To enact the local level of response," says the order published by the municipal administration on Telegram on Tuesday.
The emergency will be in effect within the limits of the urban district.