it’s a frame dozens of trenchesalmost a maze. they look like barricades freshly dugand no one would say they actually came out of WWII. Location, yes, unbeatable: on a hill, very easy to defend and capable of spotting any movement The surrounding plain has been flooded by Ukraine since the beginning of the war when the Ukrainian Army destroyed a dam on the Irpin River to stop the advance of Russian forces in Kiev. It is already known as the “hero river” among many locals. Although a large part of military activity intensifying in recent weeks donbas regionhundreds of kilometers to the east, Ukrainian commanders They do not trust that the Kremlin will not try again. attack on the capitaland i uploaded multiple permanent lookout poles around the country’s major metropolis to prevent a new attack. from the north.
“With Russia, you never know; a year ago nobody thought that (Vladimir) Putin would finally decide to attack, and he finally did; you have to be prepared in case they come back,” the lieutenant explains. Andrii Dubovik, performing the duties of spokesperson. Ukrainian soldiers dug underground have heating, television and even internet service. Dubovik says they built a hut among the leaves of the trees where they drank tea, rested, and took shelter when temperatures “dropped and the thermometer showed -20.” “We’re fine here,” he states, Sergiy TopuzA soldier in his thirties with a shaven head and worn teeth. And to confirm the supposed benefits of the place, he stretches out with his friends on one of the bunk beds where he stays permanently on guard. just day off each one two weeks.
Negotiations with Belarus
Meetings held in the last few weeks Senior Kremlin officials in charge of Belarus, where Russian armored troops advanced a year ago and eventually failed to close the grip around Kiev and were forced to retreat a few weeks later, raised the possibility: will reopen According to the official rhetoric of Russia, Moscow’s first targets of the invasionSummarized by the control of the Ukrainian State and the fall of the Ukrainian Government Volodymyr Zelensky.
However Institute of War Studies (ISW) still considers such plans to be too green, mainly due to the president’s reluctance. Belarusian, Alexander Lukashenkoto be more involved in the conflict. “President Lukashenko continues to strike a balance (against the Kremlin’s intentions) by insisting that Belarus is a sovereign state,” ISW wrote in a recent post. The institute concludes that the probability of a new attack could be “late 2023”.
While this is happening, position men They fight boredom and stupidity and try to keep their fighting capacity intact by watching what’s down from above, training to deploy at full speed in the trenches should it eventually happen. a warningand one of them even shows his talent with a knifehe threw it among the surrounding trees, in an instant and as if circus shooter treated “This is a resistance positionnone of education place“, proudly points to Lieutenant Dubovik.