The exploded dam has flooded Kherson. Many are too exhausted to leave

Rescuers battle to help as waters rise as shelling continues

By Liz Cookman

Standing in jazzy pyjamas by her front gate, Nadya tries to work out whether the stinking flood water is about to creep over her garden wall. Her husband is disabled and doesn’t want to leave their home, but the neighbours’ house downhill is already submerged up to the roof. She has been trying to call them to offer help but no one answers.

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