L ife for the citizens of war-battered Kherson was never easy. But this week it got a whole lot worse. For the second day, emergency workers and volunteers battled to contain the damage from an unfolding ecological disaster. The partial destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam early on June 6th has already led to dozens of settlements in the region being submerged. Rescuers work in dinghies and rafts, under mortar and artillery fire, evacuating the mostly elderly and bewhiskered. Not everyone at risk is willing to leave, thanks to the stubborn pride that has made the Russians’ nine-month occupation of this southern region so calamitous.
对于战争爆发的赫尔森的公民，我从来都不是一件容易的事。但是本周情况变得更糟。第二天，急诊工人和志愿者斗争，以遏制不断发展的生态灾难造成的损害。6月6日早些时候，诺瓦·卡科夫卡大坝的部分破坏已经导致该地区的数十个定居点被淹没。救援人员在派托和炮火下工作，在迫击炮和炮火下工作，撤离了大多数老年人和被捕捞的人。并非每个处于危险中的人都愿意离开，这要归功于使俄罗斯人对这个南部地区的九个月占领的顽固骄傲。
