War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kherson

6 June 2023
Local resident holds her pets as she stands inside her house that was flooded after the Kakhovka dam blew up overnight in Kherson
Local resident Tetiana holds her pets, Tsatsa and Chunya, as she stands inside her house that was flooded after the Kakhovka dam blew up overnight, in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine that Russia controls, risking environmental disaster.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
A local resident makes her way through a flooded road after the walls of the Kakhovka dam collapsed overnight, in Kherson
A local resident makes her way through a flooded road after the walls of the Kakhovka dam collapsed overnight, in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jun 6, 2023.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
Local residents try to ride their bikes along a flooded road after the Kakhovka dam blew overnight, in Kherson
Local residents try to ride their bikes along a flooded road after the Kakhovka dam blew overnight, in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
The water level has risen by two-and-a-half metres in places in Kherson
Flooding in Kherson Oblast after the Kakhovka dam was blown up by Russian forces on June 6, 2023. The water level has risen by two-and-a-half metres in places in Kherson on 6 June 2023.
— Photo by Vladyslav Kupreev / Suspilne Ukraine / JSC "UA:PBC" / Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
The roof of a house is seen in the flooded Dnipro river in Kherson
The roof of a house is seen in the flooded Dnipro river in Kherson, Ukraine on June 6.
— Photo by Ivan Antypenko / Reuters
Flooding is pictured in Kherson
Flooding is pictured in Kherson, Ukraine, on June 6.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
A car makes its way past people standing next to an inflatable boat, in a flooded street of Kherson
A car makes its way past people standing next to an inflatable boat, in a flooded street of Kherson on June 6.
— Photo by Ivan Antypenko—EPA-EFE / Shutterstock