War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

The city of Nikopol near the front line in the south is also regularly hit by Russian forces and half of its pre-war population of 100,000 people has left. The region has already been badly hit by an explosion at the Kakhovka dam on June 6 which caused significant flooding and killed dozens of people. Upstream from the dam, the Kakhovka reservoir – 100km long and up to 10km wide – is running low. Local residents fill their bottles with non-potable water at a water distribution centre in Nikopol.

Rescuers work at the site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kryviy Rih on June 13. At least 10 people have been confirmed dead and dozens injured, according to city Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul.

Rescuers work at a site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike on the outskirts of Dnipro, Ukraine June 4, 2023.

Emergency workers rescue a man from debris of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike on outskirt of the Dnipro city, Ukraine June 3, 2023.

A destroyed clinic after shelling in Dnipro city, central Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion. 26 May, 2023.

Ukrainian firefighter observes the damage left behind by a missile strike at a building that housed a fire station and a laboratory that was struck overnight in a round of fresh strikes in Dnipro city.

An apartment block heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, January 18, 2023.

Emergency personnel work at the site where an apartment block was heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, January 16, 2023.

In this photo released by State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Monday, Jan. 16, 2022, a Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighter carries a wounded woman out of the rubble from a building after a Russian rocket attack on Saturday in Dnipro, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023.

In this photo released by the Dnipro Regional Administration, smoke rises after a Russian rocket hit a multistory building leaving many people under debris in Dnipro, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.