Russia-Ukraine War

Counterattacking through the kill zone, Ukrainian troops brace for new Russian offensives
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Counterattacking through the kill zone, Ukrainian troops brace for new Russian offensives

by Francis Farrell

Editor’s Note: In accordance with the security protocols of the Ukrainian military, soldiers featured in this story are identified by first name and call sign only. ZAPORIZHZHIA OBLAST – For tonight's clearing mission on the cold windy steppe of southern Ukraine, the munition of choice is the Spear. In a cramped dugout less than eight kilometers from Russian forces, Ukrainian soldiers prepare the bombs, taping wires and tail fins onto long tubes of black steel fitted with menacing iron spikes

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