Ukraine city of Vuhledar under constant bombardment

Описание: (23 Feb 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

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Vuhledar - 21 February 2023
1. Aerial of multiple residential buildings on fire ++MUTE++

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Near Vuhledar - 22 February 2023
2. Various of Ukrainian serviceman of 68 Oleksa Dovbush hunting brigade driving by M113 armoured vehicle towards frontline positions
3. Various of Ukrainian servicemen picking up equipment and boarding M113 armoured vehicle
4. Door closing
5. Ukrainian servicemen inside M113 armoured vehicle
6. Ukrainian serviceman driving M113 armoured vehicle
7. View through window
8. Ukrainian servicemen disembarking from M113 armoured vehicle
9. M113 armoured vehicle leaving
10. Various of Ukrainian servicemen unpacking equipment
11. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Andriy "Monhol," Ukrainian serviceman from 68 Oleksa Dovbush hunting brigade:
"They constantly try to break through. They sacrifice so many of their men for just a piece of forest. Considering how much time it takes, I don't understand what's the point for them in all this."
12. Ukrainian serviceman launching drone
13. Various of Ukrainian servicemen monitoring drone
14. Various of Ukrainian serviceman preparing and carrying rockets for SPG-9
15. Various of Ukrainian servicemen firing rockets by SPG-9 towards Russian positions
16. Various of Ukrainian servicemen hiding SPG-9
17. Wide of forest with dugouts between trees
18. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) "Vokha," Ukrainian serviceman:
"They promise tanks, they promise everything. We hope that they deliver what they promise, that it will come. But we don't know when to expect it, so we hold our ground with the weapons that we have."
19. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) "Vokha," Ukrainian serviceman:
"We must protect our land. I hope everyone believes, that we must to defend our land. If we will give away our land we will become slaves and no one wants to live as a slave."
20. Close-up of coat
STORYLINE:
The city of Vuhledar, in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, has been under constant bombardment, with residential buildings burning and most of its residents having been evacuated.

As Russian forces continue their offensive along the frontline, Ukrainian servicemen hold their ground and hope for better weapons.

"They promise tanks, they promise everything. We hope that they deliver what they promise, that it will come. But we don't know when to expect it, so we hold our ground with the weapons that we have," said one of the servicemen, known as "Vokha."

In recent weeks, Russia has intensified its push to fully capture Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of the Donbas.

Kyiv and its Western allies also say that Moscow could try to launch a wider and more ambitious attack elsewhere along more than 1,000-kilometre (600-mile) frontline.

One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched what he called a special military operation in Ukraine, Russia and Ukraine are preparing for offensives that could set the stage for a new, potentially even more disastrous phase of the conflict.

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