General Staff: In the occupied Kherson region, they decided to bury those who died from the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP in mass graves
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The Russian military in the occupied part of the Kherson region decided to bury people who died due to the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP on June 6 in mass graves.
This is stated in the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of the evening of June 28.
People will be buried without taking DNA samples and placing any marks on the burial site.
In addition, the occupiers involved workers of communal services in sorting out the debris and collecting the bodies of those who died as a result of the flood. More than 60 bodies were found only on June 24-25.
Volunteers and utility workers retrieve the bodies of people in the occupied Golya Prystan in the Kherson region. How many people died there due to the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP — it is unknown, Russia did not allow the UN to evacuate civilians there, because "it is difficult to guarantee safety."
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- On the night of June 6, Russia blew up the Kakhovka HPP in the Kherson region. Due to the breach of the dam, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is under threat; it is also possible to deprive people of drinking water in the south of the Kherson region and in Crimea and to destroy part of the settlements and the biosphere. According to Ukrainian intelligence, the Russians deliberately blew up the dam, but they did it chaotically, which caused their military equipment to sink. According to preliminary information, 10 people died, 42 people are considered missing.