On the most brutal front of the war in Ukraine. A story by a special correspondent for Le Figaro

Special envoy to the Bakhmut front

Ukrainian artillerymen of the 1st brigade, 43rd brigade, refugees in a brick hut lost in the middle of the forest a few kilometers from Bakhmut.^D: A self-propelled artillery division warms up in front of a stove, waiting for orders. Concentrating on their computers, they no longer pay attention to the incoming and outgoing salvoes of Grad missiles, which follow each other at devilish speed. Explosions continue to shake the country on the most active front of the war in Ukraine, which some experts have compared to Verdun because of the dancing conditions on the battlefield and in the muddy trenches, where dozens of corpses of soldiers are piled up.

“We are waiting for the shooting coordinates. says Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Valeriyovich, who heads the division. Drones are currently flying over Russian positions. It’s half an hour.” “Our mission is to destroy the command centers…

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