Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians were ordered Monday to reduce their water consumption by nearly half, a consequence of the loss of one of the nation's largest reservoirs after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine last week.
Mounting attacks on the Russian side of the border have killed more than a dozen civilians and displaced thousands. But they have not fundamentally changed the calculus for President Vladimir Putin.
Russian forces opened fire Sunday on a boat that was rescuing civilians from flooding caused by the destruction of a dam in southern Ukraine, killing three people and wounding 10 others, local authorities said.