The Ukrainian special forces soldier stood alone on the ruined bridge, looking out through the drizzle over the Siverskyi Donets river. A week ago Russian soldiers had controlled the opposite bank, firing on Ukrainian troops from the abandoned holiday camps and forests that line the waterway. Now, after a lightning advance that won Ukraine back more than 1,000 square miles of territory in the northeast, it was deathly quiet but for the boom of shelling by the Russian border, 11 miles away. Sponsored“We broke the myth of the Russians being invincible,” said the soldier, who gave his name only as Alex. “And, I mean, we’re good fighters, but we did it because of the weapons we got from the West.

Source: The Times September 18, 2022 02:21 UTC