This Institute for the Study of War map shows recent Ukrainian military activity on the east, or left, bank of the Dnieper River as of October 25, 2023.

Kyiv's forces have expanded a foothold on the Russian-controlled bank of the Dnieper river in southern Ukraine, a new war map suggests. The Institute for the Study of War (), a U.S.-based think ...

KHERSON, Ukraine — On the morning of his first crossing of the Dnieper River — his unit ordered east in a desperate effort to claw back occupied land from Russia — the 21-year-old Ukrainian ...

The map shows heavy Russian aerial bombardment of several crossing points along a 40-mile stretch of the river. Russian troops are taking heavy losses, too, by several accounts.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a think-tank in Washington, DC, estimates that Ukraine has now liberated some 74,000 sq km of territory captured by the Russians (see the second map).

On the Ukraine Control map - which pins the location of video-recorded missile strikes - the river is clotted with dots corroborating accounts of heavy fire. By 8 a.m., only 12 of 30 marines were ...