The dam of Kakhovka (Ukraine) was destroyed on Tuesday, June 6. More than 48 hours after the event, the water continues to come out of the dam, and to invade the two banks of the Dnieper in increasingly impressive proportions, Thursday, June 8. More than 600 km2 were flooded, the equivalent of six times the city of Paris. Water seeps in and rises. We can no longer count the number of drowned houses and people to be rescued in perilous conditions.
Emmanuel Macron promises to send aid
Thursday morning, the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskymade a point of appearing with Ukrainian rescue workers in the city of Khersonflooded. A way to show solidarity with those who suffer. The occasion also to deplore the absence of international organizations on the ground. “Every person who dies reveals the mistakes of international organizations, which have, it seems, forgotten how to save lives“, did he declare. The promises are multiplying all over the world, among which that of Emmanuel Macron, who pledged on Wednesday to send aid in the coming hours. But, for the moment, they are slow to materialize.
