BBCNEWS Newsday June 4, 2024 23:19:00
We are speeding through, because over the hill are russian forces, but they've just retreated, too. we've heard outgoing mortar fire, and what goes out typically comes back. we've just seen incoming fire a few hundred metres away. the russians are on higher positions in three directions. this is the village of neskuchne, and it's exposed. its name means "not boring" in ukrainian — an obvious irony for a place part of the russian front line until three days ago. one of seven settlements recaptured with the start of ukraine's counteroffensive. the battalion involved lost six men in the process...