Posts Tagged ‘Dnipro’
Russia Advances In East, Kills Five In Dnipro Strikes
Russia said Wednesday its forces had captured a district in the key hilltop town of Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow has been pressing for months. The claim from Moscow came just after Kyiv said that Russian strikes on the industrial city of Dnipro had killed five people and wounded nearly three…
Read MoreUkrainian Army Says Advancing At Dnipro River As Drones Target Kyiv
The Ukrainian army said Sunday that it has pushed Russian forces back “three to eight kilometres” from the banks of Dnipro river, which if confirmed would be the first meaningful advance by Kyiv’s forces months into a disappointing counteroffensive. Ukrainian and Russian forces have been entrenched on opposite sides of the vast waterway in the…
Read MoreUkraine Claims Successes In ‘Heavy Fighting’ On Russian-held Side Of Dnipro River
Ukraine said Friday it had carried out successful attacks on the Russian-occupied eastern bank of the Dnipro river, days after Moscow admitted Kyiv’s forces had gained a foothold there. A sustained Ukrainian breakthrough across the frontline waterway would mark a significant success for Kyiv, whose wider counteroffensive has so far failed to turn the tide…
Read MoreRussia Admits Ukraine Has Positions On Russian-held Bank Of Dnipro River
Russia said Wednesday for the first time that some Ukrainian troops had established positions on the Russian-held side of the Dnipro river, the vast waterway that splits the frontline in southern Ukraine. A sustained Ukrainian breakthrough across the river would be a significant tactical success, coming as Kyiv’s wider counteroffensive has failed to turn the…
Read MoreThe Dnipro River, A ‘Rampart’ Winding Through Ukraine War
A sweeping plain dotted with ruined houses stretched into the horizon and towards the blue expanse of the Dnipro river, where a clutch of Ukrainian forces were poised for Russian attacks. The Dnipro, Europe’s fourth-longest river and a historic trading route, has become a key front since Ukrainian troops pushed Russian forces back over its…
Read MoreMoscow Strike Kills Toddler In Dnipro, Russian Border District Evacuates
The Russian attack hit the Pidhorodnenska suburb of the central city of Dnipro on Saturday AFP Ukrainian rescuers outside the city of Dnipro on Sunday recovered the body of a two-year-old girl from the rubble left by a Russian strike on a residential area. On the other side of the border, Russian authorities asked villagers…
Read MoreDnipro Mourns Dozens Of Victims Of Tower Block Missile Strike
Hundreds of people filed into the street to pay tribute to the at least 46 people who were killed when a Russian missile struck a Dnipro apartment bloc last week AFP Maria Sherbak gently placed two roses on a growing mound of blooms and toys across the street from a building now synonymous with one…
Read MoreRussian Journalist Celebrates Dnipro Attack That Killed 45: ‘I Won’t Hide It, Nice’
Aftermath of an apartment block destruction following a missile strike in Dnipro STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE/Reuters A Russian journalist celebrated the Russian army’s missile strike on a residential building in Dnipro that killed more than 40 civilians. The Russians attacked the apartment building Sunday. Speaking on YouTube, Russian propagandist Sergei Mardan said such missile…
Read MoreAnxious Vigil Outside Destroyed Dnipro Tower Block
More than two dozen people are still missing after the Russian missile strike AFP A day after a Russian missile tore into the Dnipro tower block where Ukrainian refugee Roman Zhuravsky was living, he feared the worst. “My mother hasn’t been found yet,” he said. “But the likelihood, given that five floors collapsed above her…”.…
Read MoreRescue Hopes Fade After Russian Attack on Dnipro Residential Tower Kills Dozens
Ukraine saw little hope of pulling any more survivors from the rubble of an apartment block in the city of Dnipro on Sunday, a day after the building was hit during a major Russian missile attack, with dozens of people expected to have died. The regional governor’s adviser, Natalia Babachenko, said 30 people were confirmed…
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