DONETSK OBLAST, Ukraine—From a hillside front line trench south of the Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian soldiers watched tracers from the autocannon of a friendly BMP—the tracked infantry fighting vehicle that basically resembles a mini-tank—light up the enemy’s positions. The Russians, whose own trench was just 200 meters to the east, were unusually busy that morning as several three-man fire teams edged into no man’s land.
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Yasen (right) with two of his men at their artillery position, covering the southern flank of the Bakhmut direction. (Photo via Bennett Murray)
Yasen (right) with two of his men at their artillery position, covering the southern flank of the Bakhmut direction. (Photo via Bennett Murray)
