Ambushes And Nostalgia On Banks Of Frontline Ukraine River

Russian forces have reached the banks of the Oskil river (Credit: AFP)

Lyubov Voronova still remembers a time before the war when the Oskil river flowing by her east Ukraine home was an idyll where families would swim, picnic and make memories.

Now, nearly three years into Russia's invasion, Kremlin forces have brought panic and destruction to its banks in a war of attrition that has pit invader and defender on opposing banks.