When floodwaters from the Dnipro River swelled toward Serhiiy Boyko's doorstep in Kherson, Ukraine, early Tuesday, he thought it was finally time to leave his hometown.
But the water stopped some 30 feet from his front door, sparing his home. "It is apocalyptic, but we are alive," he said. "It is not the end."
Follow our updates on Ukraine.
Russian forces shelled the flood-stricken city of Kherson on Thursday, striking close to an evacuation point, only hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the city to witness the aftermath of the destruction of a dam on the Dnipro River earlier this week.
President Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain affirmed their support for Ukraine on Thursday, pledging to continue drumming up financial and military support for Kyiv as fighting intensifies on Russia's front lines.