The flood has inundated towns and villages below the dam, trapping residents and sweeping away entire houses on both sides of the Dnipro, which separates Ukrainian-controlled Kherson province from the southern section that Russian forces control.
He said preliminary calculations by the Russian hydroelectricity producer RusHydro indicated the Dnipro would return to its usual course below the now-destroyed Kakhovka power station by June 16.
Saldo also accused Ukraine of shelling temporary refuges for those displaced by the flood, saying one woman had died as the result of the attacks.
Reuters could not independently verify the assertion of shelling, which echoes similar allegations made in recent days.
There was no immediate comment from Kyiv, which has accused Moscow's forces of shelling civilians located on flooded territory that it controls.
Persons:
Vladimir Saldo, Hola, RusHydro, Saldo, Moscow's, Vladimir Soldatkin, Kevin Liffey
Organizations:
Nova Kakhovka, Reuters, Thomson
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