Kryvy Rih, the largest city in central Ukraine, is in danger of flooding after a Russian air attack damaged water infrastructure and raised the level of a river there, the Ukrainian presidency announced on Wednesday.
"At the site of the impact, there is a water flow of 100 cubic meters per second, which is a large volume," Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential office, said, adding that the water level in the Inhulets River was changing by the hour.
The centre of Kryvy Rih, and another district in the city of over 600,000 inhabitants are at risk of flooding, Tymoshenko said. “This is a challenge for all of us, but the situation is under control,” he added. “All services have been deployed to remove the threat as quickly as possible.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who hails from Kryvy Rih, had previously announced a Russian attack on the city’s water infrastructure, describing it as “an attempt to flood Kryvy Rih.”
The region’s governor, Valentin Reznishenko, said seven Russian missiles fired from a plane had severely damaged infrastructure in Kryvy Rih.
