Buying time The outright hypocrisy of political games, the price of which are human souls and territory. The moratorium on the killing of Ukrainians continues. And neither a peaceful platform nor throwing flowers at a dictator will stop what has been started. While everyone is waiting for their elections, the army will hold the line. Slowly crawling back and sacrificing new troops. #ukraine #russsia #war #invasion #kharkiv #chasivyar #donbass
Buying time The outright hypocrisy of political games, the price of which are human souls and territory. The moratorium on the killing of Ukrainians continues. And neither a peaceful platform nor throwing flowers at a dictator will stop what has been started. While everyone is waiting for their elections, the army will hold the line. Slowly crawling back and sacrificing new troops. #ukraine #russsia #war #invasion #kharkiv #chasivyar #donbass
Buying time The outright hypocrisy of political games, the price of which are human souls and territory. The moratorium on the killing of Ukrainians continues. And neither a peaceful platform nor throwing flowers at a dictator will stop what has been started. While everyone is waiting for their elections, the army will hold the line. Slowly crawling back and sacrificing new troops. #ukraine #russsia #war #invasion #kharkiv #chasivyar #donbass
Buying time The outright hypocrisy of political games, the price of which are human souls and territory. The moratorium on the killing of Ukrainians continues. And neither a peaceful platform nor throwing flowers at a dictator will stop what has been started. While everyone is waiting for their elections, the army will hold the line. Slowly crawling back and sacrificing new troops. #ukraine #russsia #war #invasion #kharkiv #chasivyar #donbass
Buying time The outright hypocrisy of political games, the price of which are human souls and territory. The moratorium on the killing of Ukrainians continues. And neither a peaceful platform nor throwing flowers at a dictator will stop what has been started. While everyone is waiting for their elections, the army will hold the line. Slowly crawling back and sacrificing new troops. #ukraine #russsia #war #invasion #kharkiv #chasivyar #donbass
Buying time The outright hypocrisy of political games, the price of which are human souls and territory. The moratorium on the killing of Ukrainians continues. And neither a peaceful platform nor throwing flowers at a dictator will stop what has been started. While everyone is waiting for their elections, the army will hold the line. Slowly crawling back and sacrificing new troops. #ukraine #russsia #war #invasion #kharkiv #chasivyar #donbass
Buying time The outright hypocrisy of political games, the price of which are human souls and territory. The moratorium on the killing of Ukrainians continues. And neither a peaceful platform nor throwing flowers at a dictator will stop what has been started. While everyone is waiting for their elections, the army will hold the line. Slowly crawling back and sacrificing new troops. #ukraine #russsia #war #invasion #kharkiv #chasivyar #donbass
Buying time The outright hypocrisy of political games, the price of which are human souls and territory. The moratorium on the killing of Ukrainians continues. And neither a peaceful platform nor throwing flowers at a dictator will stop what has been started. While everyone is waiting for their elections, the army will hold the line. Slowly crawling back and sacrificing new troops. #ukraine #russsia #war #invasion #kharkiv #chasivyar #donbass
Buying time The outright hypocrisy of political games, the price of which are human souls and territory. The moratorium on the killing of Ukrainians continues. And neither a peaceful platform nor throwing flowers at a dictator will stop what has been started. While everyone is waiting for their elections, the army will hold the line. Slowly crawling back and sacrificing new troops. #ukraine #russsia #war #invasion #kharkiv #chasivyar #donbass
Buying time The outright hypocrisy of political games, the price of which are human souls and territory. The moratorium on the killing of Ukrainians continues. And neither a peaceful platform nor throwing flowers at a dictator will stop what has been started. While everyone is waiting for their elections, the army will hold the line. Slowly crawling back and sacrificing new troops. #ukraine #russsia #war #invasion #kharkiv #chasivyar #donbass
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid. Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that is already trickling to the front line, analysts say. The Kremlin’s military has been hitting civilian targets just as hard, using powerful glide bombs that obliterate buildings and leave huge craters. Its monthslong campaign to cripple Ukraine’s electricity supply aims to sap public morale and deny energy to Ukraine’s burgeoning arms industry. For Ukrainian soldiers defending the eastern Donetsk region, the Russian ground assaults and aerial barrages allow little respite after more than two years of war. “We work, you could say, without rest,” said a platoon commander who, in line with his brigade’s rules, identified himself only by his first name, Oleksandr. “So no two days are alike. You always need to be ready to work day and night.” His platoon is part of Ukraine’s 43rd Artillery Brigade. It dashes to positions and without delay fires a Soviet-era Pion self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions before it can be targeted itself. Holding Chasiv Yar is crucial. The town, highly sought-after due to its strategic location and elevated position but now largely in ruins, lies to the west of neighboring Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia last year after a 10-month battle. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #artillery #2s7 #pion
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid. Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that is already trickling to the front line, analysts say. The Kremlin’s military has been hitting civilian targets just as hard, using powerful glide bombs that obliterate buildings and leave huge craters. Its monthslong campaign to cripple Ukraine’s electricity supply aims to sap public morale and deny energy to Ukraine’s burgeoning arms industry. For Ukrainian soldiers defending the eastern Donetsk region, the Russian ground assaults and aerial barrages allow little respite after more than two years of war. “We work, you could say, without rest,” said a platoon commander who, in line with his brigade’s rules, identified himself only by his first name, Oleksandr. “So no two days are alike. You always need to be ready to work day and night.” His platoon is part of Ukraine’s 43rd Artillery Brigade. It dashes to positions and without delay fires a Soviet-era Pion self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions before it can be targeted itself. Holding Chasiv Yar is crucial. The town, highly sought-after due to its strategic location and elevated position but now largely in ruins, lies to the west of neighboring Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia last year after a 10-month battle. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #artillery #2s7 #pion
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid. Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that is already trickling to the front line, analysts say. The Kremlin’s military has been hitting civilian targets just as hard, using powerful glide bombs that obliterate buildings and leave huge craters. Its monthslong campaign to cripple Ukraine’s electricity supply aims to sap public morale and deny energy to Ukraine’s burgeoning arms industry. For Ukrainian soldiers defending the eastern Donetsk region, the Russian ground assaults and aerial barrages allow little respite after more than two years of war. “We work, you could say, without rest,” said a platoon commander who, in line with his brigade’s rules, identified himself only by his first name, Oleksandr. “So no two days are alike. You always need to be ready to work day and night.” His platoon is part of Ukraine’s 43rd Artillery Brigade. It dashes to positions and without delay fires a Soviet-era Pion self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions before it can be targeted itself. Holding Chasiv Yar is crucial. The town, highly sought-after due to its strategic location and elevated position but now largely in ruins, lies to the west of neighboring Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia last year after a 10-month battle. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #artillery #2s7 #pion
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid. Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that is already trickling to the front line, analysts say. The Kremlin’s military has been hitting civilian targets just as hard, using powerful glide bombs that obliterate buildings and leave huge craters. Its monthslong campaign to cripple Ukraine’s electricity supply aims to sap public morale and deny energy to Ukraine’s burgeoning arms industry. For Ukrainian soldiers defending the eastern Donetsk region, the Russian ground assaults and aerial barrages allow little respite after more than two years of war. “We work, you could say, without rest,” said a platoon commander who, in line with his brigade’s rules, identified himself only by his first name, Oleksandr. “So no two days are alike. You always need to be ready to work day and night.” His platoon is part of Ukraine’s 43rd Artillery Brigade. It dashes to positions and without delay fires a Soviet-era Pion self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions before it can be targeted itself. Holding Chasiv Yar is crucial. The town, highly sought-after due to its strategic location and elevated position but now largely in ruins, lies to the west of neighboring Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia last year after a 10-month battle. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #artillery #2s7 #pion
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid. Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that is already trickling to the front line, analysts say. The Kremlin’s military has been hitting civilian targets just as hard, using powerful glide bombs that obliterate buildings and leave huge craters. Its monthslong campaign to cripple Ukraine’s electricity supply aims to sap public morale and deny energy to Ukraine’s burgeoning arms industry. For Ukrainian soldiers defending the eastern Donetsk region, the Russian ground assaults and aerial barrages allow little respite after more than two years of war. “We work, you could say, without rest,” said a platoon commander who, in line with his brigade’s rules, identified himself only by his first name, Oleksandr. “So no two days are alike. You always need to be ready to work day and night.” His platoon is part of Ukraine’s 43rd Artillery Brigade. It dashes to positions and without delay fires a Soviet-era Pion self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions before it can be targeted itself. Holding Chasiv Yar is crucial. The town, highly sought-after due to its strategic location and elevated position but now largely in ruins, lies to the west of neighboring Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia last year after a 10-month battle. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #artillery #2s7 #pion
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid. Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that is already trickling to the front line, analysts say. The Kremlin’s military has been hitting civilian targets just as hard, using powerful glide bombs that obliterate buildings and leave huge craters. Its monthslong campaign to cripple Ukraine’s electricity supply aims to sap public morale and deny energy to Ukraine’s burgeoning arms industry. For Ukrainian soldiers defending the eastern Donetsk region, the Russian ground assaults and aerial barrages allow little respite after more than two years of war. “We work, you could say, without rest,” said a platoon commander who, in line with his brigade’s rules, identified himself only by his first name, Oleksandr. “So no two days are alike. You always need to be ready to work day and night.” His platoon is part of Ukraine’s 43rd Artillery Brigade. It dashes to positions and without delay fires a Soviet-era Pion self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions before it can be targeted itself. Holding Chasiv Yar is crucial. The town, highly sought-after due to its strategic location and elevated position but now largely in ruins, lies to the west of neighboring Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia last year after a 10-month battle. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #artillery #2s7 #pion
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid. Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that is already trickling to the front line, analysts say. The Kremlin’s military has been hitting civilian targets just as hard, using powerful glide bombs that obliterate buildings and leave huge craters. Its monthslong campaign to cripple Ukraine’s electricity supply aims to sap public morale and deny energy to Ukraine’s burgeoning arms industry. For Ukrainian soldiers defending the eastern Donetsk region, the Russian ground assaults and aerial barrages allow little respite after more than two years of war. “We work, you could say, without rest,” said a platoon commander who, in line with his brigade’s rules, identified himself only by his first name, Oleksandr. “So no two days are alike. You always need to be ready to work day and night.” His platoon is part of Ukraine’s 43rd Artillery Brigade. It dashes to positions and without delay fires a Soviet-era Pion self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions before it can be targeted itself. Holding Chasiv Yar is crucial. The town, highly sought-after due to its strategic location and elevated position but now largely in ruins, lies to the west of neighboring Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia last year after a 10-month battle. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #artillery #2s7 #pion
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid. Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that is already trickling to the front line, analysts say. The Kremlin’s military has been hitting civilian targets just as hard, using powerful glide bombs that obliterate buildings and leave huge craters. Its monthslong campaign to cripple Ukraine’s electricity supply aims to sap public morale and deny energy to Ukraine’s burgeoning arms industry. For Ukrainian soldiers defending the eastern Donetsk region, the Russian ground assaults and aerial barrages allow little respite after more than two years of war. “We work, you could say, without rest,” said a platoon commander who, in line with his brigade’s rules, identified himself only by his first name, Oleksandr. “So no two days are alike. You always need to be ready to work day and night.” His platoon is part of Ukraine’s 43rd Artillery Brigade. It dashes to positions and without delay fires a Soviet-era Pion self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions before it can be targeted itself. Holding Chasiv Yar is crucial. The town, highly sought-after due to its strategic location and elevated position but now largely in ruins, lies to the west of neighboring Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia last year after a 10-month battle. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #artillery #2s7 #pion
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid. Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that is already trickling to the front line, analysts say. The Kremlin’s military has been hitting civilian targets just as hard, using powerful glide bombs that obliterate buildings and leave huge craters. Its monthslong campaign to cripple Ukraine’s electricity supply aims to sap public morale and deny energy to Ukraine’s burgeoning arms industry. For Ukrainian soldiers defending the eastern Donetsk region, the Russian ground assaults and aerial barrages allow little respite after more than two years of war. “We work, you could say, without rest,” said a platoon commander who, in line with his brigade’s rules, identified himself only by his first name, Oleksandr. “So no two days are alike. You always need to be ready to work day and night.” His platoon is part of Ukraine’s 43rd Artillery Brigade. It dashes to positions and without delay fires a Soviet-era Pion self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions before it can be targeted itself. Holding Chasiv Yar is crucial. The town, highly sought-after due to its strategic location and elevated position but now largely in ruins, lies to the west of neighboring Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia last year after a 10-month battle. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #artillery #2s7 #pion
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid. Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that is already trickling to the front line, analysts say. The Kremlin’s military has been hitting civilian targets just as hard, using powerful glide bombs that obliterate buildings and leave huge craters. Its monthslong campaign to cripple Ukraine’s electricity supply aims to sap public morale and deny energy to Ukraine’s burgeoning arms industry. For Ukrainian soldiers defending the eastern Donetsk region, the Russian ground assaults and aerial barrages allow little respite after more than two years of war. “We work, you could say, without rest,” said a platoon commander who, in line with his brigade’s rules, identified himself only by his first name, Oleksandr. “So no two days are alike. You always need to be ready to work day and night.” His platoon is part of Ukraine’s 43rd Artillery Brigade. It dashes to positions and without delay fires a Soviet-era Pion self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions before it can be targeted itself. Holding Chasiv Yar is crucial. The town, highly sought-after due to its strategic location and elevated position but now largely in ruins, lies to the west of neighboring Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia last year after a 10-month battle. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #artillery #2s7 #pion
Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia. At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole. In return, they must join the grueling fight against Russia. “You can put an end to this and start a new life,” said the recruiter, a member of a volunteer assault battalion. “The main thing is your will, because you are going to defend the motherland. You won’t succeed at 50%, you have to give 100% of yourself, even 150%.” Ukraine is expanding the draft to cope with acute battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting against Russia’s full-scale invasion. And its recruiting efforts have turned, for the first time, to the country’s prison population. Although Ukraine does not announce any details of troop deployment numbers or casualties, frontline commanders openly acknowledge that they are facing serious manpower problems as Russian continues to build up forces in eastern Ukraine and make incremental gains westward. More than 3,000 prisoners already have been released on parole and assigned to military units after such recruitment was approved by parliament in a controversial mobilization bill last month, Ukrainian Deputy Justice Minister Olena Vysotska told The Associated Press. About 27,000 inmates could potentially be eligible for the new program, according to Justice Ministry estimates. “A lot of the motivation comes from (inmates) wanting to return home a hero, and not to return home from prison,” Vysotska said. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #prisoners #mobilisation
Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia. At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole. In return, they must join the grueling fight against Russia. “You can put an end to this and start a new life,” said the recruiter, a member of a volunteer assault battalion. “The main thing is your will, because you are going to defend the motherland. You won’t succeed at 50%, you have to give 100% of yourself, even 150%.” Ukraine is expanding the draft to cope with acute battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting against Russia’s full-scale invasion. And its recruiting efforts have turned, for the first time, to the country’s prison population. Although Ukraine does not announce any details of troop deployment numbers or casualties, frontline commanders openly acknowledge that they are facing serious manpower problems as Russian continues to build up forces in eastern Ukraine and make incremental gains westward. More than 3,000 prisoners already have been released on parole and assigned to military units after such recruitment was approved by parliament in a controversial mobilization bill last month, Ukrainian Deputy Justice Minister Olena Vysotska told The Associated Press. About 27,000 inmates could potentially be eligible for the new program, according to Justice Ministry estimates. “A lot of the motivation comes from (inmates) wanting to return home a hero, and not to return home from prison,” Vysotska said. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #prisoners #mobilisation
Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia. At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole. In return, they must join the grueling fight against Russia. “You can put an end to this and start a new life,” said the recruiter, a member of a volunteer assault battalion. “The main thing is your will, because you are going to defend the motherland. You won’t succeed at 50%, you have to give 100% of yourself, even 150%.” Ukraine is expanding the draft to cope with acute battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting against Russia’s full-scale invasion. And its recruiting efforts have turned, for the first time, to the country’s prison population. Although Ukraine does not announce any details of troop deployment numbers or casualties, frontline commanders openly acknowledge that they are facing serious manpower problems as Russian continues to build up forces in eastern Ukraine and make incremental gains westward. More than 3,000 prisoners already have been released on parole and assigned to military units after such recruitment was approved by parliament in a controversial mobilization bill last month, Ukrainian Deputy Justice Minister Olena Vysotska told The Associated Press. About 27,000 inmates could potentially be eligible for the new program, according to Justice Ministry estimates. “A lot of the motivation comes from (inmates) wanting to return home a hero, and not to return home from prison,” Vysotska said. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #prisoners #mobilisation
Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia. At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole. In return, they must join the grueling fight against Russia. “You can put an end to this and start a new life,” said the recruiter, a member of a volunteer assault battalion. “The main thing is your will, because you are going to defend the motherland. You won’t succeed at 50%, you have to give 100% of yourself, even 150%.” Ukraine is expanding the draft to cope with acute battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting against Russia’s full-scale invasion. And its recruiting efforts have turned, for the first time, to the country’s prison population. Although Ukraine does not announce any details of troop deployment numbers or casualties, frontline commanders openly acknowledge that they are facing serious manpower problems as Russian continues to build up forces in eastern Ukraine and make incremental gains westward. More than 3,000 prisoners already have been released on parole and assigned to military units after such recruitment was approved by parliament in a controversial mobilization bill last month, Ukrainian Deputy Justice Minister Olena Vysotska told The Associated Press. About 27,000 inmates could potentially be eligible for the new program, according to Justice Ministry estimates. “A lot of the motivation comes from (inmates) wanting to return home a hero, and not to return home from prison,” Vysotska said. #ukraine #russia #war #invasion #prisoners #mobilisation
