Biden reacts to explosion of Kakhovka HPP

This is reported by the official website of the White House.

The U.S. President answered journalists' questions about the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.

"We are not leaving. We’re going to help Ukraine," said US President Joe Biden.

• On June 6, occupying Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, completely destroying it. The evacuation of residents of the flooded areas began. After that, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy convened an emergency meeting of the Security and Defense Council, and the world began to respond to the tragedy. Follow the detailed course of events here.

• And the President of Ukraine held a meeting of the supreme military command to discuss the situation at the front, readiness for a counteroffensive, and the Russian explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. He emphasized that Russia had mined the dam of the hydroelectric power plant last year, and Ukraine was ready for the explosion.

• Zelenskyy also said that Russia had mined the dam of the hydroelectric power plant last year and Ukraine was ready for the explosion.

• In addition, Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the consequences of the Kakhovka HPP explosion and the risks to the ZNPP with the IAEA chief and invited him to Ukraine. 
• The Ministry of Agrarian Policy has estimated that, according to preliminary estimates, approximately 10,000 hectares of agricultural land on the right bank will be flooded as a result of the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP.