‘What choice do we have?’: no end in sight for Ukraine’s war-weary frontline troops
As peace hopes falter, infantry soldiers face more long deployments risking their lives against Russian attacksFor almost all of their 62-day deployment on the frontline west of Pokrovske, Bohdan and Ivan hid – first in a village shop, then, after a deadly firefight with Russian soldiers, in a...
<p>As peace hopes falter, infantry soldiers face more long deployments risking their lives against Russian attacks</p><p>For almost all of their 62-day deployment on the frontline west of Pokrovske, Bohdan and Ivan hid – first in a village shop, then, after a deadly firefight with Russian soldiers, in a tiny basement where the infantrymen from Ukraine’s <sup> </sup>31st Brigade had to survive seven more weeks.</p><p>Food, water, cigarettes and other supplies were airlifted in by a friendly drone, their toilet was their 3 sq metre room, their nearest comrades 200 metres or so away. Their only hope was to remain underground, because they knew if they were detected a Russian drone could kill them all.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/07/what-choice-do-we-have-no-end-in-sight-for-ukraines-war-weary-frontline-troops">Continue reading...</a>
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