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FOUR soldiers were honoured for their brave service as United Nations peacekeepers in the Congo in the early 60s at a moving night in Castleisland organised by their comrades over the weekend.
He takes us to the front lines now. >> reporter: one mortar round off, the crew prepares for the next. the target, russian positions in soledar. the leader of this national guard mortar unit, who gave us only his nickname, engineer, says they need help to stop thd two or three mortars. the battle for soledar rages on. russia claims they've seized the town, but the ukrainian military says they still control part of it. what the russians now control under heavy fire.
Standing. the kremlin really wants this city, so here, on its edges, it sent ruthless mercenaries to fight. the shelling endless. the fighters rush at them, leading the ukrainians to open fire. >> it is just over there. they say that russian mercenaries appear to try to run at them, exposing the ukrainian positions so the russian artillery can hit where they are. the field between them charred, pock marked. they are almost eyeball to eyeball. the next attack is imminent. we can see a mortar unit, the drone operator said they're preparing to fire us. in the shelter the commander said they captu...
From the wagner group to fight. the shelling, and was. endless. >> reporter: we are taking up to their vantage point, from where they see wagner fighters rush them, leading ukrainian forces to open fire. >> they say the russian wagner mercenaries appear to try to run at them, exposing ukrainian positions, so the russian artillery can hit where they are . >> reporter: the field between them, charred and pockmarked. they are almost eyeball to eyeball. the next attack is imminent. we can see a mortar unit, a drone operator says preparing to fire. down in the shelter, the commander says they have ...