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(ANSA-AFP) - KYIV, JUN 8 - Flooding from the Kakhovka dam
breach extends over 600 square kilometres on the Ukrainian-held
right bank of the Dnipro River and the Russian-held left bank,
the region's governor said on Thursday. "The average level of
flooding is 5.61 metres. 600 square kilometres of the Kherson
region are under water, of which 32 percent is the right bank
and 68 percent is the left bank," Kherson region governor
Oleksandr Prokudin said on social media. "The average level of
flooding is 5.61 metres," he said, adding that "despite the
danger and heavy Russian shelling, the evacuation from the
flooded area continues". Prokudin said the situation in
Russian-held areas was "extremely difficult". The state
emergency service of Ukraine said 1,995 people had been
evacuated from flooded areas, including 103 children.
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