Kyiv is defending Kostiantynivka from Russian drone attacks. The embattled city is a gateway to Ukraine’s last major defence in the Donetsk region.
A Ukrainian soldier with the 53rd Mechanized Brigade in the back of a fast-moving truck stays on the lookout for Russian drones in the city of Kostyantynivka. The New York Times
DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine | It was the dead of night, and the Ukrainian infantryman was writhing in a tree line from serious injuries to his legs, shoulder and lung.
His unit had told him by radio that they could not send anyone to evacuate him. The road to their base in the nearby city of Kostiantynivka had become a kill zone.
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