NYT OPINION: From the Trenches in Ukraine, We Know Our Enemy Is in Shock
By Yegor Firsov
Section: Opinion
Source: New York Times
Published Date: March 7, 2023 at 02:00AM
Near the front lines everyone fits up his trench like it’s his little home away from home. There are sleeping bags, ammunition and food, of course. But people also keep books and affix drawings by their children to the walls.
Sometimes enemy forces are close enough that we can see them without binoculars. Sometimes they’re a few hundred feet away. Our task is to “hold the fort,” and in this common expression lies the main idea of war: not to yield your land to the enemy. So when shelling starts, a soldier cannot just take cover; he must also make sure the enemy does not move forward. As a rule, that’s exactly what happens: When the enemy begins to shell, its infantry starts to advance.
One day our positions were bombarded with 120-millimeter mortars for several hours. When the barrage started, it was terrifying. First, there was the sound of the exit
By Yegor Firsov
Section: Opinion
Source: New York Times
Published Date: March 7, 2023 at 02:00AM
In the trenches near the front line, a soldier reveals his full potential.
An infantryman’s least favorite weather is a temperature of 35 degrees Fahrenheit and pouring rain, when the trench floods with knee-deep, near freezing water. Surviving in such conditions is truly an art, and it’s at these moments in particular that a trench has a special energy. Here people fight for their lives, for every manifestation of it. Here communion with God is sincere and more frequent than in any church.Near the front lines everyone fits up his trench like it’s his little home away from home. There are sleeping bags, ammunition and food, of course. But people also keep books and affix drawings by their children to the walls.
Sometimes enemy forces are close enough that we can see them without binoculars. Sometimes they’re a few hundred feet away. Our task is to “hold the fort,” and in this common expression lies the main idea of war: not to yield your land to the enemy. So when shelling starts, a soldier cannot just take cover; he must also make sure the enemy does not move forward. As a rule, that’s exactly what happens: When the enemy begins to shell, its infantry starts to advance.
One day our positions were bombarded with 120-millimeter mortars for several hours. When the barrage started, it was terrifying. First, there was the sound of the exit
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/opinion/ukraine-war-trench-frontline.html
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MOMENT single Ukrainian soldier bravely fights off Russian attack on trench in the Luhansk region. so you can see what hapening in war lines this moments
Single Ukrainian soldier bravely fights off Russian attack on trench
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