Other soldiers won’t be returning

[arbeka]

"When Ihor fired on Russian soldiers with his Kalashnikov rifle this week, he said, it was his first time shooting at a human being. “You don’t think about anything,” he said. “You understand, if you don’t do it, they will do it.”

Despite the challenges, Ihor said he is eager to return to the front line as soon as he heals. “My people are there. How can I leave them?” he said.

Other soldiers won’t be returning to the battlefield.

Oleksandr, a 28-year-old former construction worker, lost his arm in a mortar blast during the counteroffensive last week. He winced with phantom pain in his hospital bed on Sunday, saying he felt a sting from the fingers and hand that were no longer connected to his body.

Oleksandr said the Russian artillery fire was relentless. “They were just hitting us all the time,” he said. “If we fire three mortars, they fire 20 in return.”

The Ukrainian soldiers said they had to carefully ration their use of munitions but even when they did fire, they had trouble hitting targets. “When you give the coordinates, it’s supposed to be accurate but it’s not,” he said, noting that his equipment dated back to 1989.

Oleksandr had never traveled to Kherson before the war, but he said the goal of expelling Russian invaders was worth sacrificing a limb. “It’s our country,” he said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/ukraine-kherson-offensive-casualties-ammunition/

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Yaroslav hartski • 18 минут назад

Балаклея довольно большой город, его если упереться можно долго держать, при доминировании в воздухе и арте и отсудствии полного окружения.
Пока все выглядит как в учебнике. У нас слабая первая линия для минимизации от арт огня в поле, довольное неплохая оборона в ключевой точке (Балаклея), мобильные резервы которые введены в бой быстро. Противник создав заметный перевес на направлении главного удара продавил слабую первую линию обороны, продвинулся на классческие 10км и увяз, его долбят артой и авиацией. Готовится скорее всего вторая волна атаки и подтягивается арта, нашим теперь важно выявить выдвижение и накрыть места сосредоточения.