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☆ Ukraine downs 29 Russia-launched drones, one cruise missile -Ukraine's Air Force
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 3 (Reuters) - Ukraine destroyed 29 of 31 drones launched by Russia and one cruise missile, its air force said on Tuesday, most of them targeting the regions of Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk. The waves of overnight attacks lasted more than three hours, the southern command of Ukraine's forces had said earlier. Falling debris in the southeastern city of Dnipro caused a fire at a private firm that was quickly doused, said Serhiy Lysak, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Sixteen drones were destroyed over the southern region of Mykolaiv, its governor, Vitaliy Kim, said. Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka and Lidia Kelly; Editing by Clarence FernandezOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Serhiy Lysak, Vitaliy Kim, Anna Pruchnicka, Lidia Kelly, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipro, Pavlohrad

☆ Who’s Gaining Ground in Ukraine? This Year, No One.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Josh Holder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

Frontline on Jan. 1, 2023 Kyiv UKRAINE KHARKIV Dnipro River LUHANSK HELD BY RUSSIA DONETSK Zaporizhzhia KHERSON CRIMEA UKRAINE KHARKIV Dnipro River LUHANSK HELD BY RUSSIA DONETSK Zaporizhzhia KHERSON CRIMEA UKRAINE KHARKIV Dnipro River LUHANSK HELD BY RUSSIA DONETSK Zaporizhzhia KHERSON CRIMEA Kyiv UKRAINE KHARKIV Dnipro River LUHANSK Bakhmut DONETSK Zaporizhzhia KHERSON CRIMEA UKRAINE KHARKIV Dnipro River LUHANSK Bakhmut DONETSK Zaporizhzhia KHERSON CRIMEA UKRAINE KHARKIV Dnipro River LUHANSK Bakhmut DONETSK Zaporizhzhia KHERSON CRIMEA Kyiv UKRAINE KHARKIV Dnipro River LUHANSK Robotyne DONETSK Zaporizhzhia KHERSON CRIMEA UKRAINE KHARKIV Dnipro River LUHANSK Robotyne DONETSK Zaporizhzhia KHERSON CRIMEA UKRAINE KHARKIV Dnipro River LUHANSK Robotyne DONETSK Zaporizhzhia KHERSON CRIMEA Kyiv UKRAINE KHARKIV Dnipro River LUHANSK DONETSK Zaporizhzhia KHERSON CRIMEA UKRAINE KHARKIV Dnipro River LUHANSK DONETSK Zaporizhzhia KHERSON CRIMEA UKRAINE KHARKIV Dnipro River LUHANSK DONETSK Zaporizhzhia KHERSON CRIMEA The front line in Ukraine changed little last winter. Amount of territory Russia gained 20,000 square miles 10,000 Russia’s winter offensive captured about 100 square miles per month. Amount of territory Ukraine gained Amount of territory Russia gained 10,000 0 10,000 20,000 sq. miles Amount of territory Ukraine gained Amount of territory Russia gained 10,000 sq. Since Jan. 1, Ukraine gained: 143 square miles Russia gained: 331 square miles Net gain: 188 square miles Since Jan. 1, Ukraine gained: 143 square miles Russia gained: 331 square miles Net gain: 188 square milesWhen all the territorial changes are added together, Russia controls an additional 100 square miles of Ukraine, compared to Jan. 1, 2023.

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☆ Ukraine kits out kayaks with grenade launchers, optimized for covert military operations, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine has developed a potential game-changer for its wartime defense, said an ABC News report. The Poloz-M16 kayaks were used in a successful nighttime operation last year. Ukraine: A powerhouse in military technologyThe kayaks are part of a broader campaign in Ukraine to develop unconventional solutions to counter Russia's aggression. Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, recently emphasized the country's potential to become a powerhouse in military technology. "We will be the strongest in military tech – that is, everything related to innovations in the military field.

Persons: Serhiy Ostashenko, Adamant, Mykhailo Fedorov, Fedorov Organizations: ABC, Service Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Dnipro, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, Russia, Australia

☆ Russia's scramble to strengthen its southern lines has likely weakened its defenses around Bakhmut, with Ukrainian forces just 5 miles from the city, UK intel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia has redeployed troops away from Bakhmut, likely weakening its defenses, the UK MOD said. Ukrainian troops are within 5 miles of the city, the Ministry of Defence added. It's part of Ukraine's attempts to draw troops away from the main axis of the war, one expert said. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine breached a strategic defensive line and recaptured two villages, with Russian forces "likely battle-weary from the recent efforts to hold Klishchiivka and Andriivka," the ISW said. It added that Russian forces "will likely struggle to replenish their combat strength and defend against any further Ukrainian offensive activity."

Persons: Alex Kokcharov, Kokcharov Organizations: MOD, Ministry of Defence, Service, UK Ministry of Defence, Institute for, P Global Market Intelligence Locations: Russia, Bakhmut, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Klishchiivka, Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia, Russian, Dnipro, Ukrainian

☆ Both Ukraine and Russia are sending troops to fight over a bunch of small islands. It's a way to distract from the front lines, UK intel says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian and Russian forces are battling each other for islands in the Dnipro River, UK intel said. Both sides have "launched raids with teams in small boats," said the UK's Ministry of Defense. The troops are using the opportunity to distract from combat on the front lines, the intel said. Ukrainian and Russian troops have "launched raids with teams in small boats against the islands and against the opposite riverbanks," the UK's Ministry of Defense said. In June, Ukraine launched its counteroffensive to reclaim Russian-occupied territory in the east and south of the country, but it's been largely slow-moving.

Persons: it's Organizations: UK intel, UK's Ministry of Defense, intel, Service, Kyiv Locations: Dnipro, UK, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine's Kherson Oblast, Zaporishshia, Donetsk, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine alleges that Russian forces accidentally bombed their own occupied territory when an air strike went wrong and hit an apartment complex
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russian forces wound up bombing their own occupied territory in Ukraine in a botched attack Friday, Ukrainian officials alleged. The Russians reportedly meant to drop the explosives at the Ukrainian-held right bank of the Dnipro River, a military spokesperson said. Russian state media said 15 people were hurt — and blamed the strike on Ukrainian forces. But Russian state-run news outlet RIA Novosti blamed Ukraine military for the explosion, saying it was Kyiv's forces that struck the residential area in Nova Kakhovka, leaving 15 people injured. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently admitted Kyiv started the counteroffensive too late, giving Moscow ample time to plant countless land mines on Ukrainian soil.

Persons: —, Natalia Humeniuk, Humeniuk, Oleksandr Prokudin, it's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Nova Kakhovka, Kyiv Independent, Kakhovka, Independent Locations: Ukraine, Dnipro, Russian, Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, Nova, Novosti, Nova Kakhovka, Kherson, Moscow

☆ British commandos have trained hundreds of Ukrainian marines in the 'art' of amphibious raids
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

For six months, British Royal Marines have been training hundreds of Ukrainian marines in "the art" of conducting commando raids and complicated amphibious operations. The British Royal Marines Commandos are one of the best amphibious-warfare units in the world. Ukrainian marines training with British Royal Marines in March 2023. Ukrainian marines training in the UK in February 2023. Ukrainian marines could also join the shadowy fight taking place in the marshes and inlets of the Dnipro River Delta.

Persons: Mark Johnson, Ben Wallace, Wallace, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Stavros Atlamazoglou Organizations: British Royal Marines, Ministry of Defence, British Royal Marine Commandos, British Royal Navy, Royal Navy, British Commandos, UK Royal Marines, British Royal Marines Commandos, Commandos, Royal Marines, Argentine, British Marines, Naval Center of Special, Hellenic Army, 575th Marine Battalion, Army, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins School, International Studies, Boston College Law School Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, Crimean, Crimea, British, Argentina, East Falkland, Dnipro, Russian, Delta

CNN —At least 17 people have been killed, including a child, after a Russian missile struck a market in a town in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, officials said, one of the worst attacks in months. “Russian troops are terrorists who will not be forgiven and will not be left in peace,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on Telegram. “There will be a just retribution for everything.”Russian missile attacks regularly hit civilian areas but tolls this high are unusual. But footage of the attack shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky showed civilians walking along the market street before the missile struck on Wednesday afternoon. In a brief exchange with Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, Blinken noted the “good progress” Ukraine has made in its counteroffensive.

Persons: Denys Shmyhal, Kostiantynivka, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Utter, Antony Blinken, Dmytro Kuleba, Blinken, “, Rustem Umerov, Umerov Organizations: CNN, Dnipro, Ukrainian, Firefighters, Reuters, Ukrainian Defense Forces Locations: Russian, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Uman, Bakhmut, Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Kostiantynivka, Denmark

☆ Russia's front line defenses are so dangerous that Ukraine has to clear a path up to 10 miles wide to shatter them
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's extensive defenses are forcing Ukraine to clear a path 10 miles wide for full-scale attack. Ukraine needs the space to protect its Western-made tanks and vehicles, The Wall Street Journal reported. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. But that route will need to be at least 10 miles wide to protect prized Western-made tanks and armored vehicles from powerful Russian artillery. Now, Ukraine will need to clear that 10-mile path in order to successfully breach past Russian defenses.

Persons: Bradley, Oleksii, it's Organizations: Street Journal, Service, Combat, Wall Street Journal, Institute for, General Staff of, Armed Forces Locations: Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, Wall, Silicon, Verbove, Robotyne, Dnipro, Russian, Azov, Mariupol

☆ Ukrainian forces have pushed into the main line of Russian defenses, where they face a maelstrom of threats
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian forces have pushed into the main line of Russian defenses south of Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine launched its counteroffensive operations roughly three months ago, and efforts to break through Russian defenses and regain occupied territory have been relatively slow. On Monday, Ukraine's defense minister Oleksii Reznikov said that Ukraine's forces "broke the first line," adding that they are expanding their foothold. In both cases, Ukraine faces tough defenses as they attempt to push forward into the main line. For now, Ukraine will have to take the small wins and continue to pressure Russian defenses, which remain formidable.

Persons: It's, Oleksii Reznikov, they're, they've Organizations: Service, Institute for, General Staff of, Armed Forces, Bradley, Street Journal Locations: Zaporizhzhia, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Ukraine, Verbove, Robotyne, Zaporizhia, Dnipro, Western

☆ A Thousand Tiny Quakes: Documenting Russian Bombings in New Detail
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( James Glanz | Josh Holder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

The explosions came one after another, a relentless series of bombings that echoed across Kyiv in the first weeks of the war. On the fourth day of the war, an explosion was detected at the Hostomel airport outside Kyiv. Maxar TechnologiesThe force from the explosion sent seismic waves toward two dozen nearby sensors, the equivalent of a tiny 0.2-magnitude earthquake. Midnight Jan. 2022 Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Time of day Midnight 6 a.m. Let’s hope this approach will also be developed over time to reveal intentional attacks on civilians, and thereby deter perpetrators.”

Persons: Dando, ”, Ben Dando, Jan, Sebastian Schutte, Schutte, ” Keith Koper, Koper, “ Organizations: Residents, The New York Times, Maxar, Kyiv, Peace Research Institute, University of Utah, ” Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Dnipro, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Russia, Norway, NORSAR, Hostomel, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Iraq, Afghanistan

☆ Ukraine Steps Up Evacuation Calls as Russia Attacks in Northeast
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian forces retook it in a lightning counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region last September. But since then, Russian forces have constantly pounded the area with artillery, making it practically impossible to go back to everyday life. Farther south, in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday that five people died in Russian strikes. The prosecutor’s office of the Donetsk region said on Telegram that Russian forces had most likely used cluster munitions in their attack. Both Russia and Ukraine have used the controversial weapons, which are known to cause indiscriminate harm to civilians.

Persons: Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy, Oleh Syniehubov, Mr, Syniehubov, Emile Ducke, Pavlo Kyrylenko, Thomas Gibbons, Neff Organizations: Reuters, The New York Times, RUSSIA Kyiv Kharkiv Kupiansk Locations: Kupiansk, Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, RUSSIA, RUSSIA Kyiv Kharkiv Kupiansk Dnipro R, UKRAINE Volgograd, Azov CRIMEA, Donetsk, Russia

☆ Ukraine's Mahuchikh soars to world championship victory in women's high jump
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Women's High Jump Final - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 27, 2023 Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh celebrates with the gold medal after winning the women's high jump final REUTERS/Marton Monus Acquire Licensing RightsBUDAPEST, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Yaroslava Mahuchikh sailed to victory in the women's high jump on Sunday for Ukraine's lone gold medal of the World Athletics Championships, a remarkable achievement in a season disrupted by the war in her homeland. The 21-year-old, who was forced to flee her home town of Dnipro, cleared 2.01 metres for her first world outdoor title after a pair of second-place finishes. "I am so proud to win this gold for my country," said Mahuchikh, her blue and yellow eye make-up matching the colours of the Ukraine flag. Mahuchikh, who has been training in Germany among other countries and has not been back to Dnipro, won the world indoor title in 2022, dedicating that gold to Ukraine. "This medal is for Ukraine, all my country, all my people, all the military," she told reporters then.

Persons: Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Marton Monus, Mahuchikh, Eleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers, Sebastian Coe, Coe, I've, " Coe, Lori Ewing, Toby Davis Organizations: National Athletics Centre, Rights, Tokyo, Sunday, Australia, Athletics, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, Dnipro, Ukraine, Moscow, Germany, Russia, Belarus

DNIPRO/KYIV, Aug 24 (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and 16 people were wounded in Russian attacks across Ukraine on Thursday, local officials said, as Kyiv marked 32 years of independence from Moscow. A Russian missile strike on a bus terminal in Dnipro wounded 10 people, regional governor Serhiy Lysak said. [1/4]Communal workers clean at the site of a area destroyed during a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine August 24, 2023. REUTERS/Mykola Synelnykov Acquire Licensing RightsKHERSON ATTACKEDIn the southern region of Kherson, three people were wounded in addition to the farmer who was killed, officials said. A seven-year-old girl was injured by Russian shelling of the centre of the city of Kherson, Prokudin also said.

Persons: Serhiy Lysak, Serhiy, Lysak, Mykola Synelnykov, Oleksandr Prokudin, Prokudin, Mykhailo Moskalenko, Dan Peleschuk, Max Hunder, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, Regional, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: DNIPRO, KYIV, Ukraine, Kyiv, Moscow, Kherson, Dnipro, Kurakhove, Russian, Russia, KHERSON, Shyroka, Donetsk

☆ Russian troops are running out of equipment and feel 'at war' with their own commanders: experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Citing Russian military bloggers, an important source of independent information about the Russian military, US think tank The Institute for the Study of War said that the problems extend "along the entire front line." It reported that in one area, Russian forces lacked light vehicles essential for moving equipment around quickly. In the Kherson region in south Ukraine, Russian military requests for boats have not been met, the ISW said, as Ukraine launches attacks across the Dnipro River on Russian defensive positions. Russian forces began experiencing artillery systems shortages and claimed that Russian forces began to receive "outdated" types of long-range gun, it said. But it is facing strong Russian defenses protected by miles of minefields and is experiencing ammunition and equipment shortages of its own.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Wally Adeyemo, Russia's, Wagner Organizations: Institute for, Service, Kremlin Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Kherson, Russian, Dnipro

☆ Why F-16 jets can’t come soon enough for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Dnipro, Ukraine CNN —The depth and frequency of craters across the frontline city of Orikhiv are a blunt example of why Ukraine needs F-16 fighter jets urgently. Ukrainian troops amassed around the city have the unenviable task of pushing through minefields towards an enemy that has long anticipated their advance. Russian jets fire half-metric-ton bombs that glide in from afar – from outside of the reach of Ukraine’s air defenses – and then devastate Ukrainian positions at will. So when Ukraine says it urgently needs F-16s, it is because Ukrainian troops are dying daily because of Russian air superiority. Portuguese Air Force F-16 military fighter jets participate in NATO's Baltic Air Policing Mission in Lithuanian airspace near Siauliai, on May 23.

Persons: Stringer, “, Petras Malukas Organizations: Ukraine CNN, NATO, CNN, Portuguese Air Force, Air Policing Mission, Getty Locations: Dnipro, Ukraine, Orikhiv, Russian, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s, Moscow, Siauliai, AFP

☆ US intel believes Ukraine's counteroffensive will fail to reach Melitopol, one of its key goals: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

US intelligence believes Ukraine won't reach the key city of Melitopol, The Washington Post reported. Retaking the city is a landmark goal for Ukraine's counteroffensive. Reaching and even retaking Crimea is a hallowed objective in Ukraine's counteroffensive, with the peninsula under Russian occupation since 2014. Ukrainian troops are trying to push through these deadly lines from the town of Robotyne, 50 miles to the north, per The Washington Post. Ukraine has switched to pummelling the Russian lines with artillery fire, before painstakingly attempting to move forward with infantry and sappers.

Persons: Ukraine's, recriminations, Patrick Bury, Bury, Melitopol, Oleksiy Danilov Organizations: The Washington Post, Ukraine's, Service, Washington Post, Post, Democrats, UK's Bath University, Russia, Dnipro, Bradley Locations: Ukraine, Melitopol, The, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Azov, Dnipro, Crimea, Kerch, Robotyne

☆ Crimean Bridge attack: The moment Ukraine used an experimental drone to strike Russia's Kerch Bridge
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh Victoria Butenko Florence Davey-Attlee | Nick Paton Walsh | Victoria Butenko | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Dnipro, Ukraine CNN —Ukrainian security services have released to CNN exclusive footage showing the moment in July when they used an experimental sea drone to attack Russia’s bridge to annexed Crimea, providing new details on the attack and warning more such assaults will follow. The attack on July 17 caused damage to the road lanes of the bridge, and, according to Russian officials, killed two civilians. A view of the Crimean Bridge, also known as the Kerch Bridge, the only direct link between Russia and the Crimean peninsula. Maliuk also claimed responsibility for the first Ukrainian attack on the bridge, on October 8, but declined to provide details. He said the July drone attack was the product of months of preparation.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, It’s, Vasyl Maliuk, ”, Olengorskiy, Maliuk, Oleksiy Neizhpapa, “, ” Maliuk Organizations: Ukraine CNN, CNN, Security Service, SIG, Ukraine Security Service, coy, Naval, Reuters “, Ukrainian Locations: Dnipro, Ukraine, Crimea, Russia, Kerch, Crimean, Novorossisk, Ukraine Security Service Ukraine, Moscow, Ukrainian

☆ A leading Ukrainian doctor says mines second only to artillery as a cause of soldier injuries
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mines are the second-most-frequent cause of injury for Ukraine's soldiers, a medical officer told The Guardian. Ukrainian soldiers have described the slow, desperate effort to progress through dense minefields. The secretary of the country's National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, called the density of Russia's mines "insane" earlier this month. In some cases, Ukrainian soldiers have been blasted by mines as they try to reach their comrades who were hit by other mines, the Times reported. One Ukrainian unit currently dealing with Russia's mines saw two sappers lose feet in explosions in the space of two weeks, The Guardian reported.

Persons: Serhiy Ryzhenko, Oleksiy Danilov, Oleksii Reznikov, Reznikov Organizations: Guardian, Service, country's National Security and Defense Council, New York Times, Times, Sky News, Ukraine, Ukrainian Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Dnipro, Ukraine's

☆ Russian shelling kills seven, including a baby, in Ukraine's Kherson region
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Russian shelling killed seven people, including a 23-day-old infant, and wounded 20 in Ukraine's southern region of Kherson on Sunday, prompting local officials to declare Monday a day of mourning. Kyiv reclaimed part of Kherson from Russian occupation last November but Kremlin troops have continued shelling the regional capital and areas around it from across the Dnipro River. A couple, their 23-day-old child and another man were killed in the village of Shyroka Balka, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. Two people, including the pastor of a church, were killed in the neighbouring village of Stanislav, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin. Kherson, Veletenske, Zolota Balka, Stanislav, Komyshany, Shyroka Balka..." Prokudin wrote on Telegram, listing the settlements hit in Sunday's attacks.

Persons: Ihor Klymenko, Klymenko, Oleksandr Prokudin, Zolota Balka, Stanislav, Komyshany, Shyroka, Prokudin, Dan Peleschuk, Nick Macfie, Frances Kerry Organizations: Thomson Locations: Ukraine's, Kherson, Dnipro, Shyroka, Stanislav, Kherson city, Beryslav, Veletenske

☆ Ukraine's river raiders defy mosquito-infested bogs and the fear of being drowned by their body armor to harass Russian invaders
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | Julian Kossoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A unit commander told the Kyiv Independent that they needed more powerful boats. "We attack them where they least expect us," the military unit commander told the outlet. A map showing where the city of Kherson is in relation to the Dnipro river. But it added that it was "unclear if Russian forces possess the mechanized reserves necessary to do so." The unit commander told the outlet the river raiders Ukraine need more powerful boats.

Persons: who've, Kozachi Laheri Organizations: Kyiv Independent, Service, 124th Territorial Defense Brigade, Russian, Daily Telegraph, Ukraine's Armed Forces, for Locations: Dnipro, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine's, Russian, Kherson Oblast, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Kherson, autmun, Kozachi, Russia

☆ Overstretched Russian forces may lack the mechanized reserve to thwart Ukraine establishing a bridgehead on the Dnipro river, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A "mechanized" Russian counterattack may threaten Ukraine's advanced position, a think tank says. Ukraine's special forces recently broke Russian defensive lines in a raid across the Dnipro River. The US think tank said that "an effective Russian mechanized counterattack could threaten" Ukraine's advanced position, but it was "unclear if Russian forces possess the mechanized reserves necessary to do so." A mine danger sign by the Dnipro River in Kherson, Ukraine on January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho DoceIt also said that "continuing Russian claims that Ukrainian forces maintain a presence on the east bank of the Dnipro River suggest that Russian forces are concerned that they have established semi-lasting positions across the river."

Persons: Ukraine's, Michael Clark, They've, they've, Clark Organizations: Service, Institute for, REUTERS, King's College London, Sky News Locations: Russia, Russian, Dnipro, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Kherson Oblast, Kherson, Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, Bakhmut

☆ Russian Shelling Kills 7 in Ukrainian Region Hit With Ongoing Bombardment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Cassandra Vinograd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russian shelling ripped into homes in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine on Sunday morning, officials said, an assault that killed at least seven people, including a family of four, in an area that had already borne a heavy toll from relentless Russian bombardment. Calling it “another tragic day” for the region, Mr. Prokudin said that shelling had also killed two men and injured a woman in the village of Stanislav. The claims about the attacks in the Kherson region on Sunday could not be independently verified, and Russia’s Ministry of Defense did not immediately comment. But it has been under nonstop shelling since November, when Russian forces retreated from the regional capital, the city of Kherson, across the Dnipro River. From their new positions on the river’s eastern bank, Moscow’s troops have launched regular and deadly attacks on the city they once occupied and the towns around it.

Persons: Shyroka Balka, Oleksandr Prokudin, Prokudin Organizations: Russia’s Ministry of Defense Locations: Kherson, Ukraine, Shyroka, Stanislav, Russian, Dnipro

☆ Ukraine's daring nighttime raid across a river was likely a 'distraction' as it seeks to punch holes in Russia's defenses, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine's nighttime raid across the Dnipro was likely a 'distraction,' a defense expert said. Ukraine is seeking to breach Russian defenses at several points across the front line. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. The Dnipro raid was mentioned on Tuesday by US think tank The Institute for The Study of War, having initially been reported by Russian military bloggers. In an interview with the Kyiv Independent, a Ukrainian military commander said that Ukrainian forces were conducting regular raids across the Dnipro to probe weaknesses in Russian defenses, and to distract Russian forces from shelling the nearby Ukrainian-held city of Kherson.

Persons: Michael Clark, They've, they've, Clark, Mick Ryan, Ryan Organizations: Service, King's College London, Sky News, Australian Army, Financial Times, The, Russian, Kyiv Independent Locations: Dnipro, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Bakhmut, Ukrainian, Kherson

☆ Ukrainian special forces surprised and killed dozens of Russians in a daring nighttime river raid, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian forces launched a raid across the Dnipro River under cover of dark. For around 150 miles in the south, the river forms the dividing line between Ukrainian and Russian territory. A map of Ukraine, with the Dnipro river visible in the center. It has been the site of intense fighting in recent weeks, as Ukrainian forces seek to break through Russian lines as part of their counteroffensive. "The majority of prominent Russian [military bloggers] claimed that Ukrainian forces managed to utilize tactical surprise and land on the east bank before engaging Russian forces in small arms exchanges," it said.

Persons: who've, Vladimir Saldo Organizations: Ukraine, Service, Daily Telegraph, Google Locations: Dnipro, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Kherson, Ukraine, Kyiv

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