Mayor of flooded Novaya Kakhovka town says situation should be stable in 24 hours

Novaya Kakhovka Mayor Vladimir Leontyev said on Tuesday he believed that the situation regarding the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant’s rupture, which caused floods, would be stabilized in a day.

Leontyev stressed that the situation in Novaya Kakhovka remained tense and it becomes more complicated because the Ukrainian military continued shelling the town.

"We hope that the situation will get stabilized within a day, all emergency services are currently in operation to minimize the outcome of the caused damages," Leontyev said.