Ukrainian police say they have received 3 missing people calls in Kherson region

Ukrainian police say they have received three calls regarding missing persons in the Kherson region flooding as a result of the burst dam upstream.

Writing on Telegram the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Leonid Tymchenko said, “As of this morning, we have received three calls to the 102 line regarding people who went missing under special circumstances in the Kherson region.”

On the Russian-controlled side of the river, the Russian-installed mayor of Kherson said that he is aware of at least seven people being missing. 

Some context: There are multiple towns and cities downstream, including Kherson, a city of some 300,000 people before Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor.

Between 35 and 80 settlements were expected to be flooded due to the breach, Zelensky said, and aid efforts are ongoing to get drinking water, hygiene kits and other supplies to affected neighborhoods.

In the low lying districts of Kherson, a CNN team on the ground saw residents evacuated from their homes carrying their possessions and pets in their arms as rising floodwaters penetrated one city block in less than an hour.

As the area is on the front lines of the conflict, the rising water brings with it an added danger of mine and explosive ordnance contamination.

Both Moscow and Kyiv noted the humanitarian and environmental consequences, while blaming each other for the dam’s collapse. CNN has not been able to establish either claim.