‘A lot of Russians have been killed. We like this’: on the frontline with a Ukrainian artillery unit
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Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:53:12 +0300

Soldiers expect Moscow to launch summer offensive and dismiss US efforts to bring peace as pretty disappointingEurope live latest updatesFrom a line of trees the Ukrainian gun team prepared to fire.
An artilleryman, Yurii, loaded a 152mm shell into an old Sovietmade howitzer.
We are ready Yurii said.
He moved away from the barrel.
Fire the units commander replied.
There was an almighty boom.White smoke filled the dugout, which was hidden beneath camouflage nets and cut pine branches.
From the undergrowth, a chiffchaff resumed its spring warbling.
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