DONETSK OBLAST, Ukraine—In an empty field just south of the Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut, a half-dozen Ukrainian soldiers waited patiently amid an enemy artillery barrage. They rested in an abandoned Russian trench that had seen little use since its original occupants had been pushed out over the summer.
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A Ukrainian sergeant who goes by his callsign, Producer, with his Sugarcube in a trench outside Bakhmut during an enemy artillery barrage. (Photo by Justin Yau)
A Ukrainian sergeant who goes by his callsign, Producer, with his Sugarcube in a trench outside Bakhmut during an enemy artillery barrage. (Photo by Justin Yau)



