Thousands of Russian troops posted west of Ukraine’s Dnieper River have found themselves in a vulnerable position as Ukrainian forces have blocked most eastern supply routes, the U.K. defense ...

After the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Antonivskyi Bridge, the Russian military plans to build a pontoon crossing. They began to survey several sections of the Dnieper River. The first ...

Russian forces have been relying on pontoon crossings to provide supplies and transportation routes to its forces west of the Dnieper River after Ukrainian troops destroyed two key bridges in July.

KHERSON, Ukraine — Every night in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, soldiers file into small dinghies to cross the Dnieper River and bring the battle closer to their Russian enemy.

Russian Troops Caught Between Retreat Over Dnieper or Risk Being Cut Off. Published Oct 06, 2022 at 4:55 AM EDT Updated Oct 06, 2022 at 7:44 AM EDT. By .

A pontoon bridge built by Russian forces was destroyed in Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast in early September and a permanent bridge next to it had sustained damage, satellite imagery shows.Before-and ...

ALONG THE SOUTHERN DNIEPER RIVER, Ukraine — Only the water keeps them apart. Russian soldiers — pushed into retreat by a counteroffensive late last year — control the east bank of the mighty ...

But the broad expanse of the Dnieper River, rarely less than 1,000 feet wide as it winds through southern Ukraine, stands in quiet defiance to the best of America’s modern military thinkers.