Kakhovka HPP detonation: over 500 people died in occupied Oleshky

Over 500 residents of the temporarily occupied Oleshky on the left bank of Kherson Oblast died due to the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP. These are the preliminary reports of the National Resistance Center. The Russians refused to evacuate those who did not receive a Russian passport. Civilians had no chance to save themselves from the flood and damage the explosion brought on. 

“Violating all norms of international humanitarian law and ordinary humanity, the Russians simply left the locals to die. The actions of Russians against civilians have all the hallmarks of genocide, and anyone who joined the abuse of Ukrainians will be justly punished,” the National Resistance Center states.

It is impossible to establish the exact number of dead and injured in the occupied part of Kherson Oblast. Russia has rejected the UN’s request for access to the left bank of the region affected by the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP. The humanitarian mission cannot reach flooded towns and villages to help people.

Russian troops detonated the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant on June 6. The disaster provoked ecocide, as well as the flooding of about 80 settlements. As a result of the destruction of the plant, 18 people died, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. These are data only from liberated territories. The exact number of victims will be established after the de-occupation of the entire region.