KYIV, Oct 6 — They lived for months in fox holes, pounded by Russian artillery, on a frontline frozen in stalemate. But with a counter-offensive reaping results in the south, Ukrainian soldiers were eyeing “light at the end of the tunnel”.
Similar units are scattered along the frontline, according to a military press attache who accompanied AFP yesterday. On a front characterised by heavy artillery duels, the four infantry soldiers listen to shells explode, sometimes in the distance, sometimes close by, knowing that there is little they can do if a shell hits their position.
“The earth trembles even when our side fires, and even more when they are the ones who bombard,” he said.“We see that our comrades, our ‘horde’ as we call them, are working. We see their successes and it inspires us. If some thought before that we weren’t moving fast enough, well now that’s not the case!” he said.
On Tuesday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of “rapid and powerful” progress, citing eight recaptured localities in the Kherson region, which was confirmed by maps presented the same day by the Russian Ministry of Defence.In a daily note today, the US-based Institute for the Study of War said that Kyiv made “major gains” in the past 48 hours in the north of the Kherson region.
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