8 June 2023
![Flooded residential buildings in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/4385835999834882.jpg)
Flooded residential buildings are seen on Thursday, June 8, in Kherson, Ukraine.
— Photo by Alex Babenko / Getty Images
![Volunteers evacuate local residents from a flooded area in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/8486549392245469.jpg)
Volunteers evacuate local residents from a flooded area in Kherson, Ukraine on Thursday, June 8.
— Photo by Alina Smutko / Reuters
![Ukrainians have been searching for missing pets in the flooded area](/assets/images/kherson/2084669791480172.jpg)
A nation of animal lovers, the Ukrainians have been searching for missing pets in the flooded area.
— Photo by Libkos / AP Photo
![Rescue efforts continued in towns submerged by waters from the collapsed dam](/assets/images/kherson/9066124863941283.jpg)
Rescue efforts continued in towns submerged by waters from the collapsed dam.
— Photo by Libkos / AP Photo
![Flooded residential buildings in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/0768329716007152.jpg)
Flooded residential buildings are seen in Kherson, Ukraine on Thursday, June 8.
— Photo by Vladyslav Smilianets / Reuters
![A view of flooded residential buildings in the port city of Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/8401952638641435.jpg)
A view of flooded residential buildings in the port city of Kherson, Ukraine on Thursday, June 8.
— Photo by Vladyslav Smilianets / Reuters
![A man gets to his flooded house in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/5920652960697082.jpg)
A man gets to his flooded house in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Floodwaters from a collapsed dam kept rising in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes in a major emergency operation that brought a dramatic new dimension to the war with Russia, now in its 16th month.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
![Ukrainian security forces help to unload local residents from a boat during an evacuation from a flooded area in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/2285959671084626.jpg)
Ukrainian security forces help to unload local residents from a boat during an evacuation from a flooded area in Kherson on June 8.
— Photo by Aleksey Filippov / AFP / Getty Images
![Emergency workers take cover during a Russian military strike while they evacuate people from a flooded area in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/2484793912785889.jpg)
Emergency workers take cover during a Russian military strike while they evacuate people from a flooded area in Kherson, Ukraine, on June 8.
— Photo by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / Reuters
![The destroyed Antonivskyi bridge is seen over the flooded Dnipro river](/assets/images/kherson/0204845324005884.jpg)
The destroyed Antonivskyi bridge is seen over the flooded Dnipro river on Thursday, June 8, after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached.
— Photo by Stringer / Reuters
![Ukrainian servicemen ride by boat in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/4123235782063033.jpg)
Ukrainian servicemen ride by boat in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
![A church surrounded by water in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/7959722201411066.jpg)
A church surrounded by water in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
![Animal rescuers make their way through floating debris to rescue a dog in the flooded area after the dam collapse in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/8069853857151617.jpg)
Animal rescuers make their way through floating debris to rescue a dog in the flooded area after the dam collapse in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023.
— Photo by Vasilisa Stepanenko / AP Photo
![A Local resident with her pets evacuate on a boat from a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/8918534903601492.jpg)
A Local resident with her pets evacuate on a boat from a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023.
— Photo by Libkos / AP Photo
![Local resident gets on a small boat as she is evacuated by Ukrainian servicemen from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/2208808969504523.jpg)
Local resident Olena gets on a small boat as she is evacuated by Ukrainian servicemen from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Many small boats carrying volunteers and Ukrainian soldiers have shuttled across from Ukrainian-held areas on the west bank to rescue desperate civilians stuck on rooftops, in attics and in other areas amid the deluge.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo