Soldiers fight in freezing, muddy trenches bombarded by artillery, or in warrens of burned and blown-up houses in urban combat. Casualty rates are high and dangerous missions, such as storming enemy-held tree lines, abound.
After an attack on a woman and her child in Kosmach, police in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast will be on extra patrol, said Andriy Yatskiv, communications officer for the National Police in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in interview with Radio Svoboda on Feb. 8.