Authorities in the Russian-controlled part of Kherson region have rolled out their initial estimate of the damage caused by the destruction on Tuesday of the Kakhovka dam. The incident, which Kiev and Moscow are blaming on each other, caused severe flooding along the course of the Dnieper river.
In a post published on his Telegram channel on Saturday, the chair of the regional government Andrey Alekseenko wrote that, according to preliminary calculations, the damage incurred runs into 11.5 billion rubles, or roughly $138 million.
“And this figure may be far from the final one,” the official pointed out.
He added that special surveyors are currently inspecting households in order to estimate the damage in each individual case, which will be compensated by local authorities.