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Russian forces shell Kherson amid evacuation efforts

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Kherson is under Russian shelling on June 8 amid the ongoing evacuation of residents from the flooded areas, according to a Kyiv Independent journalist on the ground.

Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin also reported the shelling, saying that Russian troops were targeting the coastal area and central part of the city.

Ukrainian authorities and volunteers continue evacuating civilians from the affected areas of Kherson and other regional settlements after the Kakhovka dam destruction caused mass flooding along the Dnipro River.

Twenty settlements on the Ukrainian-controlled west bank have been flooded, and 2629 homes have been affected, Kherson Oblast Military Administration reported on the same day.

Russian forces destroyed the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant's dam on the Dnipro River on June 6, sparking a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster across southern Ukraine.

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Dinara Khalilova is a freelance Ukraine-based journalist and editor. She previously worked as a reporter and a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. In the early weeks of Russia's full-scale invasion, she worked as a fixer and local producer for Sky News' team in Ukraine. Dinara holds a BA in journalism from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and a Master's degree in media and communication from Bournemouth University in the U.K.

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