Eight Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region, southeast of the country) on Wednesday, targeting hydraulic structures, Ukrainian officials said, warning that the water level would drop after those structures were damaged. the Ingulets river began to rise, which poses a serious threat to the city, The Guardian reports.
“Today, Russian troops sent the maximum number of weapons to hydrotechnical structures,” wrote Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration in Kyiv.
“The goal is obvious – an attempt to create an emergency situation. It doesn’t matter to them whether people will have water or whether the city will be under water,” Tymoshenko said.
“This is a terrorist act against our people, against a certain city,” he added.
Kryvyi Rih is the birthplace of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
Photos published by other Ukrainian officials show that the rising waters of the Ingulets River have already destroyed the bridge in Kryvyi Rih.
Today, Russian missiles launched 8 missile strikes on Kryvyi Rih.
The rockets were aimed at hydraulic structures.
This led to an increase in the water level in the Ingulets River, which threatened the city.
Russia clearly wants to create a crisis situation – Deputy Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Tymoshenko pic.twitter.com/t7jf6E1qT0
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 14, 2022
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