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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| 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 war: Russia admits Kherson 'tense' under shelling
The Commander of Russian forces in Ukraine says The Situation in the southern city of Kherson is " difficult" and residents are to be evacuated.
General Sergei Surovikin said Ukrainian troops using Himars rockets were hitting The City 's infrastructure and housing. He spoke on Russian State TV.
" The Russian army will above all ensure the safe evacuation of the population" of Kherson, He Said .
Kherson was The First Big City to fall to the Russians, back in February.
Ukrainian forces have been steadily retaking nearby territory for The Past few weeks.
They have pushed As Far as 30km (19 miles) south along the Dnieper River (called Dnipro by Ukrainians), threatening to trap Russian troops.
" As a whole The Situation in the special military operation zone can be described as tense, " The General said.
In a video statement, The Russian -appointed governor of Kherson, Vladimir Saldo, confirmed that Kherson civilians on The Right bank of the Dnieper, in The Path of the Ukrainian advance, were being evacuated.
Kherson is the only Ukrainian regional capital to have been captured by the Russians. The Kremlin now claims Kherson and three other Ukrainian regions to be part of Russia - a claim rejected internationally.
Gen Surovikin, who has a reputation for harsh methods, said Ukraine 's volley of rockets had damaged Kherson's Antonivsky Bridge and the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, blocking traffic along those key arteries.
That had created supply problems for essential services, namely food deliveries, water and electricity, He Said .
The Bbc has been unable to verify the hardship in Kherson described by The General .
He also said The Ukrainians were launching constant attacks across a wide front - in the areas of Kupiansk and Lyman in The East and, in The South , on the Mykolaiv-Krivyi Rih front.
Gen Surovikin is the new commander of Russia 's war in Ukraine - what the Kremlin calls a " special military operation".
He is nicknamed General Armageddon and is a veteran of Russia 's wars. In Syria he oversaw Russian bombing raids that killed many civilians. He has also commanded troops accused of Human Rights abuses in Chechnya.
Gen Surovikin was speaking on A Day of further Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, many of them targeting Ukraine 's electricity supply. Parts of Kyiv now have no power or running water.
Ukraine 's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 30% of his country's power stations had been destroyed in The Past Eight Days .
Source of news: bbc.com
