It’s really painful.'ĭavid Helms, a retired meteorologist who has been monitoring the reservoir levels during the war, said the floods are being caused because, the flow through the dam system on the Dnipro is not adjusting to the river's seasonal flow. 'We will wait for a better time to rebuild, repair. Ihor Medyunov, whose yard is now a small patch of swampy grass, said: 'There is nowhere to go. Pictures show homes perilously close to being flooded by the rising waters.

Since mid-February, the water level in the reservoir has steadily increased, according to data from Theia, a French geospatial analytical organization

Russian forces destroyed the Nova Kakhovka road and bridge deck last November, damaging some of the sluice gates in the process. Those living near to the waters of the southern Kakhovka Reservoir, near Zaporizhzhia, say their houses are under threat from the rising water levels. Residents living beside a Ukrainian reservoir face losing their homes after nearby flood gates were damaged by Russian troops. The Gripen is a single-engine aircraft designed to take off and land from dispersed bases and even highways, which some analysts say would make it a good fit for Ukraine's air force, which currently relies on Soviet-era fighters. However, he reiterates that Sweden has no immediate plans to transfer Gripen planes to Ukraine. “That could, for example, mean test flights, using simulators, learning more about the extensive ground system that is part of the Gripen system,' he says. The Nordic country has previously ruled out sending any Gripen fighters, saying they are needed for its own territorial defence.īut, speaking to Swedish media, Jonsson says the country is looking with a “positive spirit” on a Ukrainian request to allow its pilots to try out the Swedish plane. It is a significant softening of policy from Sweden and comes after the US agreed to allow Western nations to export American-made F-16s to Ukraine. The country's defence minister Pal Jonsson says the government is considering whether to let Ukrainian pilots test the Swedish jets.

Sweden could allow Ukrainian pilots to test its own fighter jets - the JAS-39 Gripen.

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