Governor: Russian attack wounds 2 volunteers in flood-hit Kherson.

Two volunteers, aged 25 and 50, were wounded during a Russian artillery strike on flood-hit Kherson, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported[1] on June 10. The artillery fire struck the Korabelnyi district, close to the Dnipro River. According to Prokudin, the two were helping Kherson residents who suffered from the flooding due to Russia's blow-up of the major Kakhovka dam[2].

They were evacuated and are currently receiving treatment at a hospital, he added. The report of injuries comes as Russia continues to shell Kherson even as evacuation efforts continue in the flooded city, one of the dozens of settlements in southern Ukraine that suffered from the Kakhovka dam's demolition.   At least four people in Kherson Oblast and another one in Mykolaiv Oblast were killed due to the flooding, and 13 more are considered missing, the Interior Ministry reported[3] on June 9.

On June 8, shortly after President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kherson, Russian forces shelled the city, wounding nine people, including a policeman and employees of the State Emergency Service. There were no fatalities, the ministry added[4]. Ever since being liberated by Ukrainian forces in November 2022, Kherson has experienced regular shelling from Russian forces on the other side of the Dnipro River.

On June 6, Russia destroyed the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant across the Dnipro River, occupied by Russian forces, sparking[5] a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster across southern Ukraine.

Ukraine war latest: 5 dead, 13 missing due to floods after Kakhovka dam destruction Key developments on June 9: * Ministry: 5 killed, 13 missing in flooding caused by Kakhovka dam explosion * Water level drops in Kherson, Mykolaiv oblasts * 2 killed, 3 injured in Russian airstrike on hospital in Zaporizhzhia Oblast * US, Belgium to provide Ukraine with military assistance * R...

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Asami Terajima is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked as a business reporter for the Kyiv Post focusing on international trade, infrastructure, investment and energy.

Originally from Japan, Terajima moved to Ukraine during childhood and completed her bachelor's degree in Missouri, U.S.A.

She is the winner of the 2023 George Weidenfeld Prize, awarded for "excellent investigative and courageous research activities" as part of Germany's prestigious Axel Springer Prize.

References

1. ^ reported (t.me)
2. ^ blow-up of the major Kakhovka dam (kyivindependent.com)
3. ^ reported (kyivindependent.com)
4. ^ added (kyivindependent.com)
5. ^ sparking (kyivindependent.com)
6. ^ Ukraine war latest: 5 dead, 13 missing due to floods after Kakhovka dam destructionKey developments on June 9: * Ministry: 5 killed, 13 missing in flooding caused by Kakhovka dam explosion * Water level drops in Kherson, Mykolaiv oblasts * 2 killed, 3 injured in Russian airstrike on hospital in Zaporizhzhia Oblast * US, Belgium to provide Ukraine with military assistance * R... (kyivindependent.com)