Reports of Ukraine Attack: Ukrainians Scream

In the war in Ukraine, the front is moving only slowly. Three soldiers under Kiev’s command report on their experiences on the battlefield.

Since the beginning of the Kiev-Ukraine war, there has been a lot of discussion and talk about the conflict, especially in the West. The second counter-offensive of troops from Kiev felt like it went off very slowly. The way of thinking is diverse. Just like the questions that only real experts try to answer.

What would be the best tactics against invaders from Russia? What kind of military support does Ukraine need? At what point on the front do you have the best chance for successful progress? But in time: is Ukraine capable of winning this war and liberating its territory from the aggressor?

The war in Ukraine and the counteroffensive: three soldiers report from the front

After all, it should be a statement The New York Times According to Supporters’ criticism of operations in the war zone have given According to their own reports, the Ukrainians recently managed at least one breakthrough against the Russians’ first line of defense. However, we still have a long way to go to achieve our set goal. Moscow’s units still control nearly a fifth of the country’s territory, the largest in Europe.

But none of the experts around the world know what it actually looks like on the front end. Probably even the military leaders of the two countries will not give their orders from a safe distance. But only soldiers who are fighting for their country, or in the case of Russia, for the reputation of their president sitting in Moscow. In the worst case scenario, you die.

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Ukrainians at the front: “I heard only screams – their screams”

It was at the last moment Handelsblatt Essay about someone A reporter arrives ahead appeared. Good meeting Weld-Chief Correspondent Ibrahim Nabar, in two main prints of three Ukrainian soldiers of the counterattack who describe their lives in the war (Articles behind paywalls) there is Roksolana, who has the code name “Sultan” and has a nine-year-old daughter, Milana. Their division advanced through the small town of Piatisadki in Dnipropetrovsk Region to Robotin in Zaporizhia Province.

Sniper describes how she lost two friends at once. They said goodbye to each other: “But two minutes after they had gone, there was a terrible noise, a noise.” The 31-year-old immediately knew they were being shot at. “A moment later all I heard were screams — her screams,” he says.

Six comrades were reported dead over the radio. “A wounded man approached, I pulled him into our hole in the ground and gave him first aid,” Roksolana recalled: “Out of the corner of my eye I saw soldiers dragging a comrade without his head. Both my friends died on the spot.

Mines Ahead: Tank Captured – “Luckily No One Killed”

Mark is a member of the Special Forces and goes by the nickname “Egoist”. He sees kamikaze drones and mines as obstacles to progress. “Once, near the village of Mala Dokmatshka, we turned right in our car,” the 33-year-old describes a delicate situation: “The Bradley tank driving in front of us went in the other direction. You hit a mine. Fortunately, no one was killed.

He calls taking over Robotine a small step: “I don’t expect it to be easy all of a sudden.” Being Russians in the majority, the Ukrainians also lacked “tanks and other weapons”. “Almost all special forces have to go to the front zone in unarmored cars,” complains Mark.

Shelling by tanks in Ukraine war: “car on fire”

Ruslan drives the Kirby, an armored personnel carrier. The 22-year-old considers the liberation of the village of Makarivka his “most difficult task”. Because his vehicle came under fire from a tank: “Our car hit head-on first, then the tank too.” There is a drone video of that time.

“The car caught fire – I will never forget this moment until the end of my life,” he says, giving an insight into the anxious moments: “Kirby stopped, but it saved our lives.” According to Ruslan, he experienced only one suffering. Injured by concussion and shrapnel.

He says: “The enemy is not as stupid as we thought. Many of us initially underestimated the Russians.” And Ruslan doesn’t spare the worst moments either: “It’s indescribable when one of your comrades dies in your arms. This can only be understood by those who have experienced it.