Concerns are growing over the potential spread of deadly diseases following severe flooding in Russia and Kazakhstan, resulting in bodies being washed out from their graves.

Widespread displacement was reported along the border region between Russia and Kazakhstan, with hundreds of thousands having to abandon their homes. Many residents are pleading for aid from Vladimir Putin amidst these desperate conditions and an apparently slow response from official sources.

Desperate locals are appealing for aid from the government, with one heartbreaking video showing a young boy from Orenburg whose home was flooded saying: “Dear Vladimir Putin, my name is Nikolay Saprykin,” before adding with visible upset, “My papa is at war, my house got flooded.

“We’ve got nowhere to live with my mum and my sister – please help us.”

As of Monday afternoon, Putin has not visited the victims of the flood despite worries of a rapidly escalating crisis. The floods are believed to have damaged approximately 18,490 residential buildings and 36,694 household plots, The Mirror reports.

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In the city of Orsk, situated near the Russia-Kazakhstan border, a around 2,500 people, including some 800 children, had to be evacuated.

Compensation has been paid, however, the scale appears too large for the Kremlin to cope with amid its war with Ukraine. Coffins and human remains reportedly surfaced in the Kurgan region, also along the border region.

Farit Gaisin, who went to pay respects to his dead brother, said: “I found a terrible picture, the ground was washed away, someone’s hand and eight more coffins were sticking out of it.”

In Kazakhstan, more than 108,000 were forced to flee their homes. A gruesome scene was photographed of a dead body washed out of a burial ground.

Around 14 anthrax burial sites have been opened due to the flooding as well as eight sites where cattle were interred. “In order to prevent dangerous infectious diseases of animals in the territories where emergencies have occurred, all livestock will be under the supervision of veterinary services,” official Nurkayyr Kusayynov said on April 8, as per Russian state outlet TASS.

Meanwhile, some 40 fragments of human bones were discovered during excavation to strengthen a dam in the Atyrau region. In Tomsk, videos on Monday showed the partial destruction of a dam amid rising water levels triggered by a snow melt.

Almost two weeks on from the start of the flood nightmare, the Tyumen region was facing a historic high in water levels on Monday. In Kurgan, the water level in the Tobol River rose by nine inches in four hours – and worse is expected.

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A state of emergency was declared in Siberia as floods hit the region, with 62 settlements threatened.

In Buryatia, military personnel were called in to blow up an ice block that was causing flooding on the Selena River.

Ecologist Anatoly Batashev said: “Not only houses were flooded, but also cemeteries, as well as cattle burial grounds. The sewerage system is disrupted. The level of E. coli in water already exceeds all limits.”

The Kurgan and Tyumen regions are threatened the most by the conditions, and measures are being taken to confront those risks, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

“Waves of large water are coming towards the Kurgan region, the Tyumen region,” he said.

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