Dnieper

Photographer reveals the vital role of Ukraine’s Dnieper River

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A Post photographer traveled the length of the Dnieper River, from Kyiv to Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Story and photos by Ed Ram for The Washington Post Feb. 5 at 4:00 a.m. Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Angular shards of ice clink off one another, turn and clink again as they cluster along … Read more

Ukraine Marines recount deadly mission to free towns east of Dnieper River

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave KHERSON, Ukraine — On the morning of his first crossing of the Dnieper River — where his unit was being sent in a desperate effort to claw back occupied land from Russia — the 21-year-old Ukrainian marine woke up “ready to die.” With their counteroffensive stalled, Ukraine’s … Read more