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THE NOTE THAT SIGNALS TIME IS RUNNING OUT ON UKRAINE’S FRONT LINE
>As Russia's summer offensive grinds forward, Dobropiliya stands as the last major settlement between Russian troops and a full encirclement of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub. Its capture would help secure the entirety of the Donetsk region, which Vladimir Putin has claimed in his maximalist demands.
>Russian troops been making dangerous advances, effectively severing a key road that is the lifeline for Ukraine’s defences in Pokrovsk with drone attacks and ambushes. Time is quickly running out for the soldiers on the front line and the families are having to uproot their lives as the bombs get closer and closer.
>Lydia, a lifelong Dobropillia resident who owns a butcher shop in the centre, is staying where she is – for now. Her children have already been evacuated. “I’ll stay until they ban us from working,” she says, locking up before the 3pm curfew. Among those who have stayed behind are what Ukrainian soldiers refer to as “the waiters”, elderly Ukrainians who romanticise the former days of the Soviet Union along with their youth. The nickname is, as it sounds, people who are waiting for the Russians to come. It is often difficult to tell who is waiting for the Russians and who is just waiting to leave. Most of the former will not say so publicly.
>The prospects are grim, and morale among Ukrainian troops here is low. Many have applied to transfer to other brigades, but the process is so mired in bureaucracy that few pursue it unless they are truly desperate.
>The constant threat of drones has turned even routine missions into a deathtrap. “We will lose Pokrovsk,” one soldier says. “It’s just a matter of time.”
https://archive.md/f1zqm
THE NOTE THAT SIGNALS TIME IS RUNNING OUT ON UKRAINE’S FRONT LINE
>As Russia's summer offensive grinds forward, Dobropiliya stands as the last major settlement between Russian troops and a full encirclement of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub. Its capture would help secure the entirety of the Donetsk region, which Vladimir Putin has claimed in his maximalist demands.
>Russian troops been making dangerous advances, effectively severing a key road that is the lifeline for Ukraine’s defences in Pokrovsk with drone attacks and ambushes. Time is quickly running out for the soldiers on the front line and the families are having to uproot their lives as the bombs get closer and closer.
>Lydia, a lifelong Dobropillia resident who owns a butcher shop in the centre, is staying where she is – for now. Her children have already been evacuated. “I’ll stay until they ban us from working,” she says, locking up before the 3pm curfew. Among those who have stayed behind are what Ukrainian soldiers refer to as “the waiters”, elderly Ukrainians who romanticise the former days of the Soviet Union along with their youth. The nickname is, as it sounds, people who are waiting for the Russians to come. It is often difficult to tell who is waiting for the Russians and who is just waiting to leave. Most of the former will not say so publicly.
>The prospects are grim, and morale among Ukrainian troops here is low. Many have applied to transfer to other brigades, but the process is so mired in bureaucracy that few pursue it unless they are truly desperate.
>The constant threat of drones has turned even routine missions into a deathtrap. “We will lose Pokrovsk,” one soldier says. “It’s just a matter of time.”
https://archive.md/f1zqm
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