The Latest Breaking News from Dnipro

Inside Russia's New War Strategy: Burn the Bridges, Freeze the City, Break the Will

Russia struck Kyiv's Dnipro bridges for the first time since 2022 as ISW warns of an early winter campaign. Here's what's really happening.

Latin Times · Oct 10

Russia hits second Kyiv bridge: Fresh strike cripples Northern crossing; commuters face major disruption

Russia struck a second major bridge in Kyiv within days on Saturday, damaging the road surface and trolleybus cables and forcing the suspension of traffic across the Dnipro, as Moscow stepped up attacks on critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital.

The Times of India · Oct 3

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky mocks Putin’s reliance on North Korea after deadly strike deep inside Russia

Ukrainian drone attack hits targets over 600 miles deep inside Russia, killing 13 people

The Independent UK · Aug 10

Ukrainian troops launch surprise raid across Dnipro River and break through some of Russia’s defences

Russian military bloggers suggest some of Moscow’s soldiers were either killed or captured in the raid

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023

Ukrainian troops reportedly reclaim territory in Kherson province

Pro-Russian Telegram channels say Ukrainians crossed Dnipro River in apparent advance towards Crimea

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023

Towns submerged, villages evacuated as dam breach floods southern Ukraine

Hundreds of people were evacuated from settlements along the southern stretch of Ukraine's Dnipro river on Tuesday after water burst through the breached Nova Kakhovka dam, submerging streets, homes and town squares further downstream.

Reuters · Jun 6, 2023

OPINION - The apocalyptic images of Ukraine’s blown dam show Putin’s desperation

The summer campaign has opened in Ukraine. In a move of desperate vandalism, Russia appears to have ordered the blowing up of the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro, and widespread flooding could threaten the stability of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex. Even so, it is hard to see the fighting…

Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2023

Evacuations begin after a major dam in southern Ukraine is heavily damaged

It was immediately unclear who was responsible for the the damage of the dam and power station on the Dnipro River. The damage risked to flood areas where hundreds of thousands of people live.

WEKU · Jun 6, 2023

Russia Announces Wider Evacuation of Occupied Southern Ukraine

Russia ordered civilians to leave a sliver of Ukraine along the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, a major extension of an evacuation order that Kyiv says amounts to the forced depopulation of occupied territory. Russia had previously ordered civilians out of a pocket it controls on the west bank…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 1, 2022

Ukraine news – live: Zelensky warns of ‘new stage of terror’ as Russia accused of using chemical weapons

UK and US investigating claims of chemical weapons attack in besieged city of Mariupol

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2022