The mayor of Orsk was loudly embarrassed: a few days before the dam broke, he denied the possibility of flooding

The mayor of Orsk, before the dam break, denied the possibility of flooding/Photo from social networks, collage from Channel 24

The mayor of the city of Orsk, where a dam broke and houses were flooded, was publicly embarrassed. He assured local residents that this would not happen.

The mayor of the Russian city Vasily Kozupitsa denied flooding before the Orsk dam broke. This is reported by the media of the aggressor country.

What the mayor said

The mayor of Orsk posted a post on social networks on April 3. In it, Kozupica reported on the inspection of the local dam.

The mayor stated that drainage and culvert wells were constructed in accordance with the dam design. He also called the presence of water in the body of a hydraulic structure a “normal phenomenon.”

Talked with residents living near the Urals. People have no fear that they might be flooded. We remembered the times when Orsk experienced a flood without a dam. Then the flood drowned houses on Naberezhnaya Street. Now there is no such threat,” Kozupica assured.

A few days before the dam burst, he wrote that the current flood is the first and serious test of the dam’s strength.

Meanwhile, local residents show how their houses were “not flooded.” Be careful, the footage contains profanity in Russian!

Flooded private house in Orsk: watch the video

What is the situation in Orsk

• V Friday evening, April 5, reports began to appear in the Russian media about a dam breaking and the flooding of Orsk. This city is located in the Orenburg region of Russia.
• The main version explains the dam break by a sharp melting of snow, as well as an increase in water levels in the Ural River and in the Iriklinsky reservoir. A lot of videos and photos from the scene are being circulated on social networks. Local authorities began evacuating the population.
• Information appeared on the Internet about at least 4 dead. After this, the Kremlin’s propaganda began to urgently refute this and state that people allegedly died as a result of other circumstances, and not because of the flooding.
• As of April 6, the flooding of Orsk continues . The water level in the city has become critical.
• In the Old Town, more than 600 houses on 9 streets are currently flooded. The mayor warned about the risk of isolation of this microdistrict.