Residents of the newly liberated city of Kherson are almost without water and face shortages of bread and medicines, officials warned, as efforts continue to remove mines and restore critical infrastructure following the withdrawal of Russian forces.
Crowds celebrated the liberation of the city Saturday after Ukrainian forces swept into the city and Russian troops retreated to the east. But life remains far from normal, with authorities warning residents to be wary of explosives littering the city, and Russian forces still nearby – just across the strategically important Dnipro River.
Satellite images from Maxar Technologies obtained by CNN on Friday showed water flowing out of three sluice gates at the dam, where a major hydroelectric project is situated. On Sunday, Vladimir Leontie, a Russian-installed official in Nova Kakhovka, alleged on Russian state TV that the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant had received “enormous” damage as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces, with repairs to take at least a year.
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