N ATALYA WAS one of the fortunate ones. On June 8th she managed to get a connection to speak to her friends in Oleshky, across the Dnieper river on the Russian-occupied east bank. But the news was not good. The town, which sits in lowland, south of the destroyed Nova Kakhovka dam, is one of the worst-hit of all the settlements in Kherson region. Most of it is under water. Her friends survived only by climbing onto rooftops. They had asked Russian forces to help them evacuate, but were met with indifference. “My eyes are burning from tears,” Natalya says. “I’ve been crying all night.”
N Atalya是幸运的人之一。6月8日，她设法建立了联系，与她在俄罗斯占领的东岸的Dnieper河对面的Oleshky的朋友交谈。但是这个消息不好。该镇位于被摧毁的Nova Kakhovka大坝以南的Lowland，是Kherson地区所有定居点中最严重的人之一。大部分在水下。她的朋友只有爬上屋顶才能幸存下来。他们曾要求俄罗斯部队帮助他们撤离，但冷漠。纳塔利亚说：“我的眼睛因眼泪燃烧。”“我整夜都在哭。”
