Hundreds of Ukrainians were rescued from rooftops in the flood-stricken southern region of Kherson after the destruction of a dam submerged villages, fields and roads, as Kyiv dismissed reports a counteroffensive had begun.
KHERSON, Ukraine — Hundreds of Ukrainians were rescued from rooftops in the flood-stricken southern region of Kherson on Thursday after thesubmerged villages, fields and roads, as Kyiv dismissed reports a counteroffensive had begun.
Asked about the reports, a Ukrainian armed forces general staff spokesperson said, "We have no such information." Moscow and Kyiv also accused each other on Thursday of shelling the area as rescue workers in rubber dinghies tried to save people and animals from the still rising flood waters. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said his forces had repelled overnight attempts by Ukrainian forces to break through the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region adjacent to Kherson.Friends and family of stranded residents posted appeals online with names, photos and GPS locations of residents. The coordinator of a volunteer group on the Telegram messaging app said the appeals were getting more urgent because people were running out of food and drinking water.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has appealed for a "clear and rapid" international effort to help flood victims, held emergency talks with officials in Kherson, one of five Ukrainian regions which Moscow claims to have annexed but only partially controls.
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