War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kherson Oblast


Nova Kakhovka

7 June 2023
An aerial view of flooding in Kherson after the Nova Kakhovka dam breach
An aerial view of flooding in Kherson after the Nova Kakhovka dam breach on June 7.
— Photo by Vladyslav Smilianets / Reuters


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


Nova Kakhovka

6 June 2023
A woman walks past a damaged building Nova Kakhovka
Floodwaters reach the center of Nova Kakhovka, June 6, 2023. The Russian-installed mayor of the town said that the water had risen by 10 meters and will increase further.
— Photo by TASS via Reuters


Kherson

3 May 2023
People at a gas station damaged by a Russian military strike in Kherson
People at a gas station damaged by a Russian military strike in Kherson, Ukraine, May 3, 2023.
— Photo by Ivan Antypenko / Reuters


village of Potomkyne

25 April 2023
Destroyed farm machinery and warehouse in Potomkyne village
Destroyed farm machinery and warehouse in Potomkyne, Kherson region, Ukraine, on April 25, 2023. Bankruptcy is looming for many Ukrainian farmers across the war-torn country who are struggling to seed crops amid widespread mine contamination in areas once occupied by Russian forces and rising costs associated with exports.
— Photo by Bernat Armangue / AP Photo


Kherson

22 February 2023
People receive meals from World Central Kitchen food truck on a street in Kherson
People receive meals from World Central Kitchen food truck on a street in Kherson, Ukraine, February 22, 2023.
— Photo by Lisi Niesner / Reuters


Kherson

21 February 2023
A bus station damaged after a shelling in Kherson
A bus station damaged after a shelling in Kherson, Ukraine, February 21, 2023.
— Photo by Lisi Niesner / Reuters


the village of Posad-Pokrovske

31 January 2023
A destroyed Russian tank rusts near the Kovalyov brothers’ houses, near Posad-Pokrovske
A destroyed Russian tank rusts near the Kovalyov brothers’ houses, near Posad-Pokrovske, Ukraine January 31, 2023.
— Photo by Nacho Doce / Reuters


Kherson

29 January 2023
A local resident runs past a burning house hit by the Russian shelling in Kherson
Ukrainian servicemen remove a grad rocket in a damaged house after an attack in Kherson, Ukraine, January 29, 2023.
— Photo by Nacho Doce / Reuters


Kalynivske

28 January 2023
Suffering from cancer, Gennadiy Shaposhnikov, 83, rests in his partially destroyed home which was hit by Russian shelling last fall in Kalynivske
Suffering from cancer, Gennadiy Shaposhnikov, 83, rests in his partially destroyed home which was hit by Russian shelling last fall in Kalynivske, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023.
— Photo by Daniel Cole / AP Photo