Some 700,000 people could be affected by water shortages after the destruction of the dam in Ukraine

June 17 () –

The Kajovka reservoir (Ukraine) has lost 70 percent of its capacity after the destruction of the dam, which “could affect more than 700,000 people” taking into account this is the only source of supply for the Kherson region, The United Nations has warned.

The spokesman for the Secretary General of the United Nations, Farhan Haq, has warned in a statement that “the emptying of the Kakhovka reservoir has left tens of thousands of people in southern Ukraine without access to running water, mainly in the Dnipro region. “.

In this area, it is estimated that around 200,000 people “are completely cut off from centralized water, while others have extremely limited access,” the spokesperson explained.

Although satellite images from the UN Satellite Center show that the floodwaters are receding, Haq has assured that “the crisis is far from over.”

This Friday, members of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Program (WFP) have moved with boats on the ground to deliver water and food about 500 vulnerable families in the Kherson region.