Kyiv’s forces have established a precarious bridgehead. The toeholds are in mucky lowlands providing poor terrain for Russian tank-led counterattacks. The same goes for Ukraine’s heavy weapons.
Ukraine’s bridgehead across the Dnipro River expanded but probably still isn’t a major advance. A lot depends on what the Russian military does or does not do about it.
Two killed in Russian strike on Ukraine; Ukrainian Marines forge the Dnipro; Intercepted Ukrainian missile ignites Crimean field; AFU destroys more Russian jets.
Russia seizes another US journalist as a potential political prisoner. Alsu Kurmasheva of Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty faces up to 5 years behind bars.