Some 27 people are missing after an explosion at the Kakhovka dam, Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said, Report informs via RBC-Ukraine.

According to the ministry, 47 settlements were flooded in Kherson, including 33 in the area controlled by Ukraine, 14 in the temporarily occupied areas.

A total of 2,620 people, including 160 children, were evacuated.

Eleven Ukrainians were wounded, four were killed in Russian attacks.

In the Mykolaiv region, 31 settlements were flooded, 936 people were evacuated, including 167 children. One died.