As tensions intensify and fears of an invasion ordered by Moscow continue to grow, Ukrainian soldiers are digging trenches along their country’s border with Russia.
Senior Foreign Correspondent, The Guardian Luke Harding Tell Michael Safi In the First World War more than a century ago, soldiers were familiar with the ground conditions: soil, corrugated metal plates, and barbed wire. But in the sky above, high-tech drones are patrolling around and threatening people below.
The stalemate in eastern Ukraine is the most tense since Russia-backed troops took control of parts of the country in 2014. Now President Vladimir Putin seems to threaten the region again. Luke found that Ukrainian soldiers had a calm acceptance of what might happen in the future-coupled with the grim reality that the death toll caused by snipers and improvised explosive devices was steadily increasing every week. Since 2014, 14,000 people have lost their lives.
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