Ukraine says that up to 5,000 Russian troops are believed to have died on islands in the Dnipro River so far this year after being cut off from other Russian forces, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
Since Ukrainian forces liberated Kherson in November 2022, the nearby river has formed a new front line — and thousands of Russian soldiers are cut off from other Russian troops and starving to death on islands there in the marshy islet “death zone.”
Relentless drone flights, artillery clashes, and night raids have turned the area into one of the war’s most perilous battlefields, as Ukrainian soldiers watch the marooned Russians from elevated positions along the right bank.
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