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Ukraine’s military delivers five rocket strikes on Kakhovka hydropower plant — authorities

It is reported that the Kherson regional authorities are planning to relocate about 50,000-60,000 residents to safety

MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military delivered five rocket strikes against the Kakhovka hydropower plant (HPP) in the Kherson Region, Head of the Novaya Kakhovka administrative district Vladimir Leontyev said in a live broadcast on the Soloviev Live TV Channel on Thursday.

"Today five rocket attacks have been carried out, targeting the Kakhovka hydropower plant," he said.

The Ukrainian military has attacked the Kakhovka hydropower plant, using all types of munitions, he added. "These are Tochka-U and HIMARS munitions and even HARM precision missiles," he said.

The Kherson Region’s acting Governor Vladimir Saldo earlier explained that several districts on the right bank of the Dnieper River could be flooded, with flood waters rising about one meter high, should the dam of the Kakhovka hydropower plant be damaged. That is why the regional authorities were doing their utmost to help residents leave the area. He added that the left bank where the larger part of Kherson was situated could not be critically flooded due to its terrain.

In all, the Kherson regional authorities are planning to relocate about 50,000-60,000 residents to safety. The first ferries carrying civilians departed from the Kherson river port for the communities of Golaya Pristan and Alyoshki on October 19.

The Kakhovka HPP is part of a cascade of Dnieper hydropower stations and is located 5 km from the town of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson Region.