Watch the video: According to Selenskyj, Russia is hiding bodies after the dam collapses.
According to the Ukrainian President, Russia has formed special groups to make the victims disappear after the Kakhovka Dam ruptured in the Russian-controlled part of the flooded area. “Russian evil has formed special units to remove the bodies and hide them,” said Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his evening video address. Russia had already tried to cover up traces of its crimes in Mariupol and elsewhere. The destruction of the dam in early June had flooded large parts of southern Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian military, the epidemiological situation in the affected areas has drastically worsened due to the spread of hepatitis A. The Ukrainian authorities put the official death toll at 21. Russian authorities officially put the number at 46 dead. According to Ukrainian accounts, the destruction of the dam caused damage amounting to 1.2 billion euros. The United Nations had recently warned that mines swept away by the water masses could wash up on Black Sea beaches.