Ukrainian rescuers in Slovenia changed the direction of the Savinja riverbed (photo)

This is reported by the press service of the State Emergency Service.

This was the main task at one of the locations. The works were carried out in order to strengthen the opposite bank from further landslide and erosion and thus prevent the destruction of residential houses, - stated in the message.

Rescuers and equipment worked continuously for 5 days and moved about 4 thousand cubic metres of stone and silt with the help of excavators.

In total, since the beginning of the work, the rescuers of the State Emergency Service have cleared 870 metres of the riverbed, arranged more than 200 metres of dyke and strengthened about 500 metres of the bank.

They also assisted local residents in dismantling a house and three wooden structures destroyed by the flood.