Yet southward progress is precisely what the Ukrainian soldiers with the call signs Karatsupa, Pan and Taba seek, driving their American-made Bradley Fighting Vehicles down a road that is also, they believe, the road to Ukrainian victory.
Without the mines, we would already be in Tokmak.”Much has been made of the strategic importance of Robotyne for Ukraine’s three-month-long southern counteroffensive.
And Karatsupa, Pan and Taba now carry with them not only pride at what they’ve achieved but also grief at what they’ve lost.
Some of the men with whom they captured Robotyne last week have since been killed in a direct hit on their Bradley.
A reminder that however important the gain of Robotyne is to the counteroffensive, there is far more loss ahead, further down the road to hell.
Persons:
“ I’ve, I’ve, ”, he’d, Bradley, Pierre Bairin, “, Robotyne, ” Karatsupa, they’ve
Organizations:
Ukraine CNN, 47th Mechanized Brigade, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 47th Brigade, Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade, CNN, Armed Forces
Locations:
Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, Orikhiv, Robotyne, Tokmak, Ukraine's, Russia