In the Kherson region, almost 100 thousand hectares of harvest have been lost due to abnormal heat and the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station.

In 2025, farmers on the right bank of the Kherson region harvested a low yield. This was reported by the director of the Department of Agricultural Development and Irrigation of the Kherson Regional State Administration, Dmytro Yunusov, as reported by the press service of Suspilne Kherson, writes APK-Inform. According to him, this situation was influenced by two factors — the lack of precipitation and the destroyed irrigation system following the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station by Russian troops. Due to the lack of moisture, part of the fields burned out. "This year we are recording abnormal heat, lack of precipitation, and we have already recorded almost 100 thousand hectares of completely destroyed crops. We also conducted some research, studied the temperature conditions that were before the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station and after. And we already see that the temperature has become several degrees higher, by 1-2°. This situation ...