A battered worker’s van whizzed back and forth along a village road near the front line in southern Ukraine, searching.
It screeched to a halt, and three men unloaded heavy equipment and disappeared into the undergrowth.
What they were looking for, dug in and hidden under the trees, were three hulking British-made armored vehicles known as Mastiffs.
Supplied to the Ukrainian Army for its attempt to retake Russian-occupied territory in southern Ukraine, the Mastiffs were in need of a service.
Behind the thousands of Ukrainian troops assembled along the 100-mile front line for the counteroffensive is a small army of mechanics, engineers and weapon technicians responsible for keeping Ukraine’s growing fleet of Western-made tanks, armored vehicles and other equipment in working order.
Persons:
van, ” Serhii Ivanov
Organizations:
Ukrainian Army, Huskies, Wolfhounds
Locations:
Ukraine, Russian