Yashar Shikhametov, a Crimean Tatar and political prisoner currently serving a sentence in a penal colony in Russia's Kemerovo region, has been assigned Group III disability status. His health is deteriorating rapidly; due to joint and spinal issues, he is barely able to move around on his own. Sources among human rights defenders in temporarily occupied Crimea reported this to *Suspilne Krym*.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 54 residential buildings, 59 garden plots, and three sections of roads remain flooded in four settlements in Dagestan. 544 people are staying in 15 temporary accommodation centers.
The day before, on April 18, 117 flooded residential buildings were reported.
In addition to the floods, the republic was affected by large landslides. In the Dakhadaevsky District, 17 houses were destroyed and another 87 buildings were damaged. The Levashinsky District was also affected by the disaster.
More than 3,000 volunteers from 14 regions, including student groups, the Red Cross, medical volunteers, the "Movement of the First," the People's Front, and other organizations, are helping to eliminate the consequences of the emergency in Dagestan. They have reportedly pumped out 113,000 tons of water, equivalent to the volume of 50 large swimming pools.