Water loss will cost Ukraine's Kherson much of vegetable harvest - Russian-backed official

A view shows the dried-up Dnipro river bank after water level sharply dropped following Kakhovka dam destruction, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Prymorske, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine July 5, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine's Kherson region will lose much of its vegetable harvest due to a shortage of water in the North Crimean and Kakhovka canals, Russian-installed governor Vladimir Saldo said on Thursday, according to the TASS news agency.

The Kakhovka dam, a huge Soviet-era dam on the Dnipro River, which separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine, was breached in June.