More than 600 sheep grazing in the floodplain drowned in the Ulyanovsk region as a result of the flood

"Due to freezing of the soil in severe frosts, as well as a sharp strong warming and abundant snowmelt, a difficult situation has developed in several areas. According to the Civil Defense of Emergency Situations, such a flood has occurred in our region for the first time in 30 years," the HEAD of the region noted.

According to him, the most difficult situation is in the Ulyanovsk, Sengileevsky, Radishevsky, Nikolaev and Novospassky regions.

In turn, Minister Gennady Nerobeev specified that 34 residential buildings and 41 household plots were flooded in the region.

Meanwhile, Mikhail Semenkin, Minister of Agro-Industrial Complex and Rural Development of the region, spoke about the flooding of 210 private farms, 118 of which are located in the Radishevsky district.

According to Semenkin, more than 600 sheep died in the village of Repyevka. The animals were in a summer camp in the floodplain, when the water rose strongly at night, only 28 were saved.

The governor took control of the situation and instructed to help all the victims.

"I instructed the Ministry of Agriculture of the region to conduct a house-to-house survey of farms and calculate the damage. We will consider compensation at the regional commission for emergency situations," Russkikh wrote in his TELEGRAM channel, summing up the headquarters meeting.