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In Kherson, under the waters of the Dnieper and Russian bombs: the story of the special envoy of Le Figaro

2023-06-07T18:52:17.284Z

Highlights: In southern Ukraine, neighborhoods of the city liberated in November are under water after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam. Nearly 20% of this city of 300,000 inhabitants were flooded after the explosion of the dam on the night of Monday to Tuesday, a hundred kilometers downstream. In Kherson, for rescue, no GPS can orient oneself, through streets that now look like canals. In the sweltering heat, amid the waste carried away by the current, two volunteers row with all their might.


In southern Ukraine, neighborhoods of the city liberated in November and entire villages are under water after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, while Russian artillery fires on the castaways.


Kherson and its region

"There's someone, two guards who stayed in the industrial zone," shouts a Kherson resident. In front of him, two volunteers run towards the water, an inflatable boat in hand. In the sweltering heat, amid the waste carried away by the current, two volunteers row with all their might. "No, it's there, on the left, behind the gas station," says the resident from the shore.

In Kherson, for rescue, no GPS can orient oneself, through streets that now look like canals. Nearly 20% of this city of 300,000 inhabitants, liberated in November, were flooded after the explosion of the Nova Kakhovka dam on the night of Monday to Tuesday, a hundred kilometers downstream.

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Source: lefigaro

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