Ukraine’s Territorial Defense forces are equally green. He says some seem to be very young and inexperienced: “Most of them do not know or understand why they are here.” They are afraid to part with each other, because they are being shot at from every bush,” he says. “Russian soldiers are frightened, demoralized. “(Russian soldiers) ran away and we took their military equipment.”Īccording to Golodov and his men, this is a common occurrence on the battlefield. “We shot at the first vehicle, and when it exploded the column stopped,” he says. It is old, rusty and heavy Soviet era machinery that breaks the pavement, as members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces move it around, but the soldiers here say they will put it to good use.Īccording to Golodov, the vehicle was captured by his unit, when they attacked a Russian column. Vasco Cotovio/CNNĪround the corner, a former Russian army fuel truck is ready to be redeployed and, under the cover of a camouflage blanket, a captured armored personnel carrier awaits its next assignment. A Ukrainian soldier peeks inside a captured Russian armored personnel carrier that has been painted in Ukrainian colors.
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