War in Ukraine: The Hell of the Ukrainian Counteroffensive Franceinfo

Published on 04.07.2023 20:40

Video length: 3 mins

France 2

Article written by France 2 – M. De Chalvron, B. Girodon, A. Bezluidnyi, P. Miette

France TV

In Ukraine, the Kiev army continues its slow advance. France Télévisions reporters were able to get close to Bakhmout, a town symbolic of the fierce fighting of a real trench warfare.

It is a secret place in the Bakhmout region (Ukraine), which the Russian troops must not know at all costs. We are at the so-called stabilization point, barely 10 km from the front line. Here the wounded are first taken to this improvised but well-equipped clinic before finally being taken to the hospital. It is an incessant ballet of cripples, victims of trench warfare. According to the doctor, the number of casualties has risen significantly since the counter-offensive began a month ago.

Every square meter is the subject of a fierce struggle

But the common soldiers find it difficult to tell the difference. “They are shooting from everywhere, it’s war,” said one of them. The Ukrainian army has again taken the initiative, especially in the east of the country and around Bachmout. The progress is real but modest.

Young soldiers from the 80th Brigade Assault Unit are among those who have captured small areas. They returned from their mission last week with fewer fighters wounded in action. These soldiers are sent to the front. Your task: to recapture the enemy positions one by one. In eastern Ukraine, and especially in this region around Bachmout, every square meter is the subject of fierce fighting. Admittedly, the Ukrainian army has taken the initiative again, it’s making progress, but it’s making slow progress.

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