The Latest Breaking News from Dnipro

Riverside Ukraine city left with mud and memories

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia residents braved grey skies and driving rain to visit the banks of the Dnipro, not to relax in riverside bars and resorts, but to contemplate a sea of mud.

Bangkok Post · Jun 12, 2023

The disastrous bursting of Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam – and the battle that is to come

The evidence suggests Russia destroyed the vast, vital dam. Now the long cleanup for the human, environmental and potentially nuclear catastrophe must begin amid a brutal war

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2023

Satellite images reveal scale of destruction after Nova Kakhovka dam attack

Imagery captures more than 2,500 sq km of area around Nova Kakhovka before and after its collapse

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

A small step across the Dnipro River, a giant leap for Ukraine’s counteroffensive?

The Ukrainian army not only succeeded in advancing across the Dnipro River in the Kherson region this week, it but also carried out strikes on Tokmak, a southern Ukrainian town occupied by Russia and at a strategic crossroads for a possible counteroffensive in the southeast.

France 24 · Apr 28, 2023

Ukraine stages raids across Dnipro River as counteroffensive looms

Ukrainian forces based on the western side of the River Dnipro are frequently carrying out raids on the eastern bank near the city of Kherson to try to dislodge Russian troops, a regional official said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Apr 25, 2023

Russian forces ‘forcibly evacuating’ civilians in Kherson as Ukraine troops ‘cross Dnipro river’

The move comes amid the reported advances of Kyiv’s troops

Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2023

Russian forces ‘forcibly evacuating’ civilians in Kherson, says Ukraine

Apparent move in occupied areas comes as Ukrainian military sets up positions on eastern side of Dnipro River

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023

As Vladimir Putin prepares for ‘maximum escalation’, will the US go the distance?

War is about waiting. HIMARs wait to fire. Conscripts wait to advance. Generals wait for the order. This near year long war is wrapped in this uneasy waiting as offensives are readied. Russia’s mobilised battalions have reinforced its fronts. Ukrainian depots and patrols, starkly different from a year ago, are…

Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2023

Explosions rock Kyiv as Russia fires more than 120 missiles at Ukraine in latest barrage of strikes

Explosions also heard in Zhytomyr and Odesa as Putin’s forces launch their biggest wave of strikes in weeks targeting Ukraine’s national infrastructure

Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2022

Russia fires barrage of missiles on Ukraine cities, energy grid

Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine early on Thursday, targeting Kyiv and other cities including Lviv in the west and Odesa in the southwest, sending people rushing to shelters and knocking out power in one of Moscow's largest aerial assaults.

Reuters · Dec 29, 2022