Russian-installed officials ordered residents of three districts to leave their homes on Tuesday as water surged from the collapsed Kakhovka dam, with Ukraine and Russia each accusing the other of blowing it up.
Valery Melnik, 53, waded through what remained of his home. Ankle-high floodwater lapped against a refrigerator and a green couch, and valuables had been placed out of reach. Water levels in Nova Kakhovka had started to recede by midday Wednesday, he said in an interview posted to his Telegram channel. Six hundred residential buildings, a kindergarten, a school and a convent were flooded, and 900 people had been evacuated, he added.
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