Kyiv: Following the collapse of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, the Kherson region in southern Ukraine was under water on Thursday, according to the local governor.

68 percent of the flooded land, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin, was located on the Russian-occupied left bank of the Dnipro River. According to him, the Kherson region had a "average level of flooding" that morning of 5.61 metres.

"We're working already. In a video statement about the flooding brought on by the collapse of the dam, which is about 60 km upstream from Kherson, he said, "We will help everyone that has ended up in trouble.

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Russia, which invaded Ukraine on a large scale in February 2022, and Ukraine each place the blame for the collapse of the Russian-occupied dam on the other.

Evacuation from flooded areas is still going on despite the great risk and ongoing Russian shelling, according to Prokudin.

By Thursday morning, he claimed, almost 2,000 people had left the flooded areas.

In a late-night video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that it was impossible to forecast how many people would perish as a result of the flooding in Russian-occupied areas.

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In a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart earlier this month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested setting up an international commission to look into the collapse of a significant dam in southern Ukraine, according to his office.

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Following the conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, his office released a statement that read in part, "President Erdogan said that a commission could be established with the participation of experts from the warring parties, the United Nations, and the international community, including Turkiye, for a detailed investigation into the explosion at Kakhovka dam."

Turkiye, a member of NATO, is friendly with both Moscow and Kiev.