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From a new dugout in the Donbas, a Ukrainian artillery unit is setting up
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They're adjusting a 1970s American-made M109 paladin hidden in the treeline the night before
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It sold equipment, but the men say it's reliable. For them, this battle is existential
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I have children, and I don't want them to live under Russia
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A ceasefire? Full? Yes. Partial? No. At 6.40 a.m., they get to work
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Another long day of pounding Russian positions has begun. This is the front of the front of
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Front line near the city of Pukrovsk, an important logistics hub. For months, fierce fighting has been raging here
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The Ukrainians battling to stave off a Russian advance. Five Ukrainian soldiers man this position day in, day out
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When command sends in coordinates, they swing into action, logging 48 kilo shells and firing wave after wave
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Most of these men had no choice but to fight Most of these men had no choice but to fight They were mobilized Two of them are over 50
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They're exhausted and demoralized. I just want to go home. It has to end soon, so we can go home
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Are you tired? Of course I'm tight. The main threat? Lancet drones
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But it is what it is. That's war. I hope it ends soon
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But honestly, with our government, I can't see an end to it
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I don't want to think about it. And even think about it. Dron, drone, drone
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The only that it's not a cell that's with Lancet. Bear tree cover doesn't provide much of a hiding place, so whenever a drone flies overhead
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the men's shelter in their rudimentary living quarters, dug below ground. The most important for us is that the enemy doesn't spot our position
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If they do, our chances of survival are slim. This alert over, it's back out to the firing line
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The unit will stay here for a maximum of two weeks to avoid being spotted
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Then deploy elsewhere as the war rumbles on
