Tag: Dnipro river
Ukraine dam blast: Hundreds of houses under water
Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other of blowing up a major dam that’s sparking warnings of severe flooding in Russian-controlled territory downstream of the dam in the region of Kherson. Water levels have risen by 10 metres in the area. The Nova Kakhovka dam links the banks of the Dnipro river held by Russia on the South side, to Kyiv on the north. The…
Will Russia's Kherson withdrawal change the Ukraine war? | Inside Story
Russia has pulled out of Kherson, the only major city captured in nearly nine months of war in Ukraine. After weeks of Ukrainian advances, Russia’s military withdrew 30,000 soldiers to the east of the Dnipro river. The Kremlin had only annexed the region six weeks earlier in a move condemned internationally. Ukraine’s president called the recapture a ‘historic day’. How might this change military strategies…