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Wasteland exposed to russian firepower and the elements. they're trying to hold a russian breakthrough. there's hardly any cover here. so they move as fast as the cold allows, knowing that russian guns will soon find them. the enemy's positions are being hit by fire. they're trying to advance. but our artillery is helping our infantry with a counteroffensive. and we will keep fighting until the end. it's our land. it's our blood. time is up. the russians are targeting them. let's go. their aim for now is off, but it's closing in. artillery strikes a nearby tree line. eugene's comrades hit the ...

Do you fear death? the person who is not afraid is already dead. if you meet death with open arms, it will avoid you because death loves the brave. that's why i don't think about death. i only think about life. the lives of my comrades and the lives of those in my unit. these are the men who have eugene's back. who stand at the ready in this winter wasteland exposed to russian firepower and the elements. they're trying to hold a russian breakthrough. there's hardly any cover here. so they move as fast as the cold allows, knowing that russian guns will soon find them. the enemy's positions

They are trying to advance. but our artillery is helping our infantry with a counteroffensive. and we will keep fighting until the end. it is our land, it is our blood. time is up. the russians are targeting them. their aim, for now, is off, but it's closing in. artillery strikes a nearby tree line. eugene's comrades hit the trenches. there is fierce fighting upper head. ukrainians have taken a lot of ground here. but for all the sophisticated weaponry and all the ammunition, this is what it comes down to in the end — men, mud, and an enemy which is within rifle range. ukraine is still advan...

He was killed on the first day of the war as he defended the city. can you describe your husband to us? what kind of a man was he? a patriot. a real patriot of our country. he was a ukrainian. and natalia's trials are far from over. her other hero is her only child. she's eugene's mother, the young lieutenant fighting at the front, seen here with oleg, his father, who died in battle. she has given everything for ukraine. 18 months into this war, do you have a message for other ukrainian mothers?

He's had only two hours�* sleep, but again needs to head out to the front. there's a russian counter—attack under way. this war has shaken the world and ukraine, but the 22—year—old lieutenant hasn't wavered. he's been fighting since the war�*s very beginning, when his army veteran father was killed when his army veteran father was killed on the first day of the invasion, he didn't falter. this was nine months ago, when i first met eugene at the start of a conflict that would transform him and his country. he'd just recently graduated. he and ukraine were ill prepared. today, eugene ...