ウクライナのダム、また損壊 ロシア攻撃、洪水の恐れ

【キーウＡＦＰ＝時事】ウクライナ当局は、ロシア軍による１１日の攻撃で、東部ドネツク州の前線付近のダムが損壊したと発表した。河川の水位上昇により、周辺地域の村が洪水に見舞われる可能性があると警告した。（写真はロシア軍の攻撃を受けたウクライナ中部クリビーリフで活動するレスキュー隊員）
　ロシア軍は現在、ドネツク州で進軍を加速させており、戦前には１万人が住んでいたクラホベの街に迫っている。
　現地当局は、ロシア軍がクラホベ貯水池のダムを破壊したため、周辺地域の川の水位が１．２メートル上昇しているとして、ドネツク、ドニプロ両州のボウチャ川沿いの集落に警戒を呼び掛けた。今のところ洪水は起きていない。
　国際環境団体は、ロシアによる侵攻がウクライナの自然環境に及ぼす壊滅的な打撃について警告している。
　昨年６月にはウクライナ南部ヘルソン州で旧ソ連時代の巨大ダムが破壊され、ドニプロ川沿いの数十の集落が浸水した。
　ウクライナ政府は、当時ダムを管理していたロシア軍がウクライナの反攻を阻止するためにダムを爆破したと主張。一方、ロシア側はウクライナを非難した。
　その後、発生した洪水により数十人が死亡。ウクライナ南部に甚大な環境被害がもたらされた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/11/12-20:20）

Russian strikes on Monday damaged a dam near the front line in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian authorities said, warning nearby villages could be threatened by rising water levels.
Ukraine also said Russian attacks killed at least three people in the centre of the country, with rescue operations ongoing in the city of Kryvyi Rig.
They came after the warring countries hit each other with massive drone strikes at the weekend and as the long-term future of US support for Ukraine hangs in the air after the election of Donald Trump.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has dragged on for nearly three years.
Moscow's army is now rapidly advancing in the Donetsk region and closing in on the town of Kurakhove, which lies next to the reservoir and had a pre-war population of around 10,000 people.
The Russians damaged the dam of the reservoir of Kurakhove. This strike potentially threatens residents of settlements on the Vovcha River, both in Donetsk and Dnipro regions, the region's Governor Vadym Filashkin said.
As of 16:00, the water level in the river within the Velykonovosilkivska community has risen by 1.2 metres (four feet). No flooding has been reported so far! he posted on social media.
The dam lies in the village of Stari Terny, west of Kurakhove.
International environmental groups have warned of the devastating effects of Russia's invasion on Ukraine's nature.
In June last year, a massive Soviet-era dam in Ukraine's southern Kherson region was blown up, pouring billions of litres of water downstream and flooding dozens of villages on the banks of the Dnipro River.
Kyiv said Russia, whose troops controlled the dam at the time, blew it up to thwart a Ukrainian counter-offensive. Moscow blamed Ukraine.
Dozens were killed in the floods that followed the blast, which has also caused vast environmental damage to southern Ukraine.
- Attacks on central Ukraine -
Russia also targeted the central Ukrainian cities of Nikopol and Kryvyi Rig on Monday.
Moscow's shelling killed two people in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region governor Sergiy Lysak said.
In Kryvyi Rig, the home city of President Volodymyr Zelensky, a search and rescue operation was underway, with at least one dead and 14 people wounded after Russian strikes on the city.
The head of the city, Oleksandr Vilkul, said the body of a woman was pulled out of the rubble.
Kryvyi Rig has been regularly hit by Russian strikes.
The attacks came a day after Moscow and Kyiv launched record drone attacks on each other on Sunday.
Trump's election has raised questions about the future of the conflict, with the Republican being vocally critical of United States aid to Ukraine.
Throughout his presidential campaign, Trump vowed that he would end the war swiftly, without giving details as to how.
Visiting Ukraine on Monday, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned that letting Russia win in Ukraine would represent a loss for the United States.
Certainly it would not be a victory for the American leadership if Ukraine crumbles down and Putin wins the war, Borrell told AFP on the first trip to Kyiv by a senior EU official since Trump's election triumph.