After Kherson, the Ukrainian army is preparing to fight in the Dnieper battle. The story of the special correspondent of Le Figaro.

Special Envoy in Zaporizhia, Nikopol, Novoaleksandrovka, Dudchani, Novokyri and Kherson

If they had binoculars, Lvov and Andrei could see the Russian forces hidden in the vast carpets of thickets less than a kilometer away, separated from them only by the bend of the Dnieper. Otherwise, they listen to them. Here near Mylove, a ghost town, “Artillery hits often.”, – says 47-year-old Lvov, who is a volunteer with his only experience of military service. At 51 years old, Andrei is a veteran of the wars in Yugoslavia and Iraq. Both take up positions among countless others on the new front line following the bends of the river. A bunker and a trash-filled ditch leading to another shelter.

Moving on, these strongholds were now spread and fortified for about 300 km downstream, between Zaporizhia in the north and Nikolaev in the south. The movement has accelerated since the withdrawal of the Russian army from its west coast…

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