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News Articles: dnipro river

A driver-mechanic with the call sign Molfar (right), the unit's commander call-signed Grizzly (center) and a gunner with the call sign Psycho are on a BMP-1, a modernized Soviet-era infantry fighting vehicle, before a mission to the coast of Dnipro River, in Ukraine's Kherson region, on Jan. 4.

Ukraine uses souped-up Soviet-era weapons to defend a vital river from Russia

As Ukraine's line of defense grows thin, this unit is using a modernized Soviet-era vehicle to stop Russian forces from crossing the river and taking Kherson.

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By:
  • Brian Mann
Aquatic plants and debris are exposed by the falling water levels at the Kakhovka Reservoir. Researchers say that the draining of the reservoir by Russian forces are but one example of the war's effect on Ukraine's water supply.

A shrinking reservoir signals Ukraine and Russia are waging a dangerous water war

Russia is using a dam it controls to release water from Ukraine's massive Kakhovka Reservoir. It's one of dozens of cases where the war is limiting access to safe water.

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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Connie Hanzhang Jin