Dnieper River
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| Length | 2,201 km |
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| Source | Valdai Hills |
| Mouths | Black Sea |
| Dnieper–Bug estuary | |
| Cities | Dnipro |
| Zaporizhzhia | |
| Kyiv | |
| Kherson | |
| Cherkasy | |
| Kremenchuk | |
| Countries | Ukraine |
| Russia | |
| Belarus | |
| Bridges | Patona Bridge |
| Pivnichnyi Bridge | |
| Metro Bridge | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 3008123 |
About Dnieper River
The Dnieper is one of the major rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and Belarus and the fourth-longest river in Europe.
Ukraine war: US estimates 200,000 military casualties on all sides
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Ukraine war: UN nuclear watchdog to inspect Ukrainian sites
... In recent days, Moscow-installed officials have fled the city and urged civilians to evacuate over the Dnieper River into Russian controlled territory...
Ukraine war: Zelensky accuses Russia of plot to blow up dam
... In his overnight address he said the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River had been mined by Russian forces, according to Ukrainian information...
Ukraine war: Russia begins evacuation from Kherson in south
... Vladimir Saldo said 50-60,000 civilians would leave four towns on the west bank of the Dnieper River in an " organised, gradual displacement"...
Ukraine war: Russia admits Kherson 'tense' under shelling
... They have pushed as far as 30km (19 miles) south along the Dnieper River (called Dnipro by Ukrainians), threatening to trap Russian troops...
Kyiv told to save electricity after Russian missile strike
... Kirill Stremousov, a Russian-appointed leader in the southern region, said Ukrainian shelling was coming from the Dudchany area, on the west bank of the Dnieper River (called Dnipro by Ukrainians)...
Russian-installed Kherson leader in evacuation plea amid Ukraine advance
... Among other weaponry, Kyiv has been using US-supplied Himars rocket systems to great effect, targeting key Russian-held military targets and threatening to cut off the bulk of the occupying forces on the west bank of the Dnieper River (known as Dnipro in Ukraine)...
Ukraine tank breakthrough in south towards Kherson
...Ukrainian troops have broken through Russian positions on the Dnieper River north-east of Kherson, a strategic Russian-held city in southern Ukraine...
Ukraine tank breakthrough in south towards Kherson
Ukrainian troops have broken through Russian positions on the Dnieper River north-east of Kherson, a strategic Russian-held city in southern Ukraine.
The advance was reported by The Russian military and Russian-installed officials in the region. There is heavy Russian defensive fire, they say.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said " there are new liberated settlements in several regions".
In The East , Ukrainian forces pushed into Russian-held Luhansk region.
President Zelensky said " fierce fighting continues in many areas" in his evening address to The Nation , but he did not give details.
On Saturday his forces recaptured the important hub town of Lyman in The East , lying near the Luhansk regional border. Russia's military had turned Lyman into a logistical base.
In The South , Vladimir Saldo, The Russian -installed leader in Kherson, said Ukrainian forces had broken through near Dudchany, a town on the Dnieper about 30km (20 miles) south of the previous Front Line . The River is called Dnipro by Ukrainians.
" There are settlements that are occupied by Ukrainian forces, " Mr Saldo said. Some Russian reports say The Ukrainians have now taken Dudchany.
A Russian defence ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkov , said " numerically superior" Ukrainian tanks had " driven a deep wedge" south of Zolotaya Balka, a village that marked the previous Front Line on the Dnieper. He claimed the Russians had killed about 130 Ukrainian troops in that fighting.
According to Mr Saldo, two Ukrainian battalions tried to reach the Kakhovka hydroelectric Power Station , about 70km (44 miles) east of Kherson. The Power Station is in The Port city of Nova Kakhovka .
War in Ukraine: More coverageSource of news: bbc.com
