War between Russia and Ukraine: Ukraine drives Russia from the Dnipro River, marking its ‘first advance’ in months

The Ukrainian army said on Sunday it had pushed Russian troops back “three to eight kilometers” from the banks of the Dnipro River.

Ukraine drives Russia out of the Dnipro River: The latest news coming from the Russian-Ukrainian front: Ukrainian forces have advanced and driven out Russian troops from the Dnipro River. This development is seen as the “first measurable advance of Kiev’s forces in months towards a disappointing counter-offensive.” Ukraine’s military said Sunday it has pushed Russian forces back “three to eight kilometers” from the banks of the Dnipro River, the first measurable advance by Kiev’s forces in months in a disappointing counteroffensive.

Ukrainian army spokeswoman Natalia Gumenyuk said: “Preliminary figures range from three to eight kilometers depending on the specifics, geography and landscape design of the Left Bank,” addressing Ukrainian television without specifying whether the Ukrainian army had full control of the area or if the Russians had withdrawn.

In another major turn of events, Ukrainian forces on Saturday pushed back aggressively advancing Russian forces positioned on the east bank of the Dnieper River, the Ukrainian military said, a day after Ukraine claimed to have established multiple bridgeheads on that side of the river. have conquered. that divides the partially occupied Kherson region of the country. Seen as a small but potentially significant strategic advance by Ukrainian forces with a foothold on the Russian-occupied bank of the Dnieper, the achievement represents a small but potentially significant strategic advance in the midst of a war that has largely come to a standstill , AP reports.

The Ukrainian army’s general staff said its forces there had repelled 12 Russian army attacks between Friday and Saturday.

Now the Ukrainian army is trying to “push back Russian army units as far as possible to make life easier for the (western) bank of the Kherson region so that they are less shelled,” said spokesperson for the Ukrainian Southern Operational Command Natalia. Humeniuk added that in response, the Russian military used “tactical aviation,” including Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones, to try to detain Ukrainian forces.

The wide river forms a natural dividing line along the southern front. Since Moscow’s troops withdrew from the city of Kherson a year ago and retreated across the Dnieper, they have regularly shelled communities on the Ukrainian-held side of the river to prevent Kiev’s soldiers from advancing into the Russian-annexed Crimea.

Elsewhere, air defenses shot down 29 of 38 Shahed drones launched against Ukraine, military officials said. One of the drones that came through struck an energy infrastructure facility in the southern Odesa region, leaving 2,000 homes without power.

Hundreds of people gathered in the capital Kiev to oppose corruption and demand the redistribution of public funds to the armed forces. The demonstration was the tenth in a series of protests in Kiev amid anger over municipal projects.

On Saturday, demonstrators held Ukrainian flags and banners with slogans such as “We need drones, not stadiums.”

“I have organized demonstrations in more than 100 cities to protest corruption in Ukraine and for more money that should go to the military,” said Maria Barbash, an activist with the organization Money for the Armed Forces. “The first priority of our budget – the local budgets and the central budget – should be the military.”

(With input from the agency)