10 June 2023
![Houses are seen underwater in the flooded village near Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/4279893255979478.jpg)
Houses are seen underwater in the flooded village near Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10, 2023. The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine is swiftly evolving into long-term environmental catastrophe. It affects drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea.
— Photo by AP Photo
![Houses and stadium are seen underwater and polluted by oil in the flooded Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/8740138798539084.jpg)
Houses and stadium are seen underwater and polluted by oil in the flooded Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10, 2023.
— Photo by AP Photo
![Pollution by oil is seen in Dnipro river in the flooded Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/7781413521493023.jpg)
Pollution by oil is seen in Dnipro river in the flooded Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10, 2023.
— Photo by AP Photo
![Streets and trade port are seen underwater and polluted by oil in the flooded Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/3515962266547948.jpg)
Streets and trade port are seen underwater and polluted by oil in the flooded Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10, 2023.
— Photo by AP Photo
![Streets and trade port are seen underwater and polluted by oil in the flooded Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/3430855620319787.jpg)
Streets and trade port are seen underwater and polluted by oil in the flooded Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10, 2023.
— Photo by AP Photo
![Houses are seen underwater and polluted by oil in a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/2225442427119608.jpg)
Houses are seen underwater and polluted by oil in a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10, 2023.
— Photo by AP Photo
![Houses are seen underwater and polluted by oil in a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/0468842583894405.jpg)
Houses are seen underwater and polluted by oil in a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10, 2023.
— Photo by AP Photo
![Houses are seen underwater and polluted by oil in a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson](/assets/images/kherson/0143942811293667.jpg)
Houses are seen underwater and polluted by oil in a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10, 2023.
— Photo by AP Photo
![A flooded neighborhood in Kherson is pictured June 10](/assets/images/kherson/9042191208493805.jpg)
A flooded neighborhood in Kherson is pictured June 10.
— Photo by Inna Varenytsia / Reuters