Kherson's unending nightmare through occupation, shelling and now floods

Iryna Radetska, the deputy head of a Kherson's school, looks at the damages caused by a shelling to the school she used to work in, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine, June 9, 2023. REUTERS/Yurii Kovalenko

KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) - For Kherson resident Iryna Radetska, the catastrophic flooding of her city after the giant Kakhovka dam was destroyed is the latest chapter in more than a year of wartime suffering.

"They say a new love kills the old one. Maybe it's the same with tragedy," said 52-year-old Radetska, who is deputy head of a school in the southern Ukrainian city.