CHRISTINA LAMB
Flood helpers throw themselves to the ground as Putin’s shells land by the rescue point
In flooded Kherson, a motley collection of boats has been ferrying survivors to safety and carrying aid under Russian fire
Alex Fulford, a British army veteran from Somerset, delivers aid supplies to Kherson
PAULA BRONSTEIN FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES
The makeshift port resembles a mini-Dunkirk — inflatable dinghies, rowing boats, kayaks, Rib speedboats, jet-skis and old tin boats, all scrambled to evacuate people cut off from help and at the mercy of the enemy.
Instead of lapping at a natural shoreline, the river now flows between flooded apartment buildings and a beauty salon at the crossroads of Vorontsovska and Bohorodytska streets in the centre of the city of Kherson, in southern Ukraine. The water is tea-coloured and fetid with an oily sheen.
Normally, the banks of the Dnipro are around half a mile away, but these are far from normal times.
The water arrived after the destruction of Ukraine’s largest dam, the massive Nova Kakhovka, in the early hours of Tuesday, which unleashed a
