Russian forces hastily take bodies of flood victims to unknown destination in Kherson region

Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, head of the Kherson Regional Military District Administration's press office said this, Radio Liberty reports.

“They pack all the bodies they find in black bags and take them away in an unknown direction, saying that they are taking them to Kalanchak. No one can count how many bodies relatives bring to the hospital, they diagnose any cause of death, but not drowning, so that the victims of their terrorist attack are not recorded, so that, as always, they can hide their crimes,” Tolokonnikov said.

Occupying Russian forces are ignoring the requests of local residents to inspect the houses and dismantle the rubble, as there may be dead people under it.

The spokesperson suggests that the number of dead may be very high, but it is impossible to assess it now.

“All we can get is the number of dead from the hospital. So far, it's about 11 in Oleshky, and the same number in Hola Prystan,” he added. 

• On June 6, Russian occupying forces blew up the Kakhovka HPP, completely destroying it.  The tragedy resulted in the flooding of settlements in the Kherson region, including Kherson city. There are also reports of flooding in Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, resulting in fish pestilence. Follow the detailed course of events here.

• The National Resistance Center said that at least 500 people could have died in the temporarily occupied Oleshky, on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region, as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.

• As of June 20, at least 21 people died in floods on the right bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region.