File Photo: A volunteer carries a woman as she been evacuated from a flooded neighborhood of the left bank Dnipro river, in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, June 9, 2023. In Ukraine, the governor of the Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, said Friday that water levels had decreased by about 20 centimeters (8 inches) overnight on the western bank of the Dnieper, which was inundated starting Tuesday after the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam upstream. AP
"This morning, 12 were confirmed dead in Hola Prystan and five in Oleshky," Alekseyenko said in a telegram post.
The official added that work at affected locations was severely hampered by communication problems, particularly in Oleshky and Hola Prystan.
An attack targeting the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant on June 6 caused catastrophic flooding following the collapse of the dam, forcing thousands of residents to flee.
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