BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 03:17:00
We are taken below ground to commanders at the heart of the battle. they are trying to push us, he says, and to encircle us, so we have to leave the city, but it hasn't worked yet. of course, we have losses, but we are managing and holding on. above ground, they wait for orders, like the young men before them in wars gone by. they get coordinates for an enemy position, and rush to fire a 60 millimetre mortar. the second round doesn't fire, sending the troops and us running for cover.