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☆ Russian troops are attacking Ukrainian positions at night on quad bikes, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian troops are using quad bikes in their assaults in Ukraine, according to CNN. Drone footage from the front lines shows quad bikes in use, and some on fire. Ukrainian troops say there are typically three to four Russian soldiers per bike. AdvertisementRussian troops are using quad bikes to attack Ukrainian positions, according to imagery and soldier testimony. This isn't the first report of quad bikes in use in the war.

Persons: —, Robotyne, Oleksandr Syrsky Organizations: CNN, Service, National Guard, Ukraine's 65th Mechanised Brigade Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, Robotyne

It swerves and is hit by a grenade, dropped from a Ukrainian drone. Russian soldiers appear to stagger away from it, one rolling. Yet since the fall of Avdiivka on February 17, Ukrainian military officials have reported regular Russian assaults on Robotyne. Two Russian soldiers can be seen clambering inside the ruins of a dugout, one manhandling a shovel. Ukrainian drone pilots now face Russian counterparts who have replaced their units but at a much larger scale, they said.

Persons: Ukraine CNN —, Maja Rappard, “, ” Bohdan, ”, Anton, shellfire Organizations: Ukraine CNN, CNN, 15th National Guard, Robotyne, 65th Mechanised Brigade, NATO Locations: Orikhiv, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Belgian, Russian, Avdiivka, Lviv

☆ Video shows Ukraine using thermal imaging drones to try to locate mines left by Russia to kill and maim its soldiers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine is using thermal imaging and drones to find mines left by Russian forces. Ukrainian soldiers showed CNN their anti-mine strategy from the trenches on the front line. The outlet filmed soldiers using a drone with a thermal camera, which clearly showed the mines, glowing, on the soldiers' screen. The soldiers told CNN that after locating mines, they use special charges to blow them up so that their colleagues can move through the area. The New York Times reported that some Ukrainian soldiers have been blasted by mines as they try to help fellow soldiers hit by mines.

Persons: CNN's Nick Paton Walsh, Paton Walsh, Anton, Oleksii Reznikov, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Russian, CNN, Service, National Guard Brigade, Guardian, New York Times Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Robotine, Russia, Ukraine's, Ukrainian

☆ Ukrainian troops on southern front 'expected less resistance' from Russia, tank commander says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian troops underestimated Russia's response to their counteroffensive, CNN reported. Troops fighting on the southern front told the outlet they "expected less resistance." One Ukrainian tank operator told CNN: "The biggest problem is underestimation of the enemy." Many of the Western-trained Ukrainian troops have also started to abandon US tactics because they have proved ineffective, The New York Times reported earlier this month. But a Ukrainian tank operator from the 15th National Guard told CNN that Western criticism is "wrong."

Persons: —, Lotos, chatted, Vitaly Organizations: CNN, Troops, Service, Ukraine's, New York Times, 15th National Guard Locations: Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Kharkiv, Ukraine

During a week spent with troops around the town of Orikhiv, CNN saw a palpable improvement in morale as some advances appeared to be made. Destroyed buildings in the city of Orikhiv in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, which has been pummelled for months by Russian bombardment. Russian air superiority is taking Ukrainian lives daily, with half-ton bombs landing frequently – sometimes 20 in as many minutes. Ukrainian troops constantly relocate and hide their vehicles at every opportunity to frustrate Russian targeting. Brice Lane/CNNA Ukrainian tank fires from a treeline towards Russian forces on the country's southern frontline.

Persons: Eastern Ukraine CNN —, Ukraine’s, that’s, –, ”, Vitaly, Brice Lane, chatted, Eugene, “, Vlad, ” Eugene, Andrei, CNN Vlad, …, Julia, it’s Organizations: Eastern Ukraine CNN, NATO, CNN, 15th National Guard, Kyiv, 15th National Guard Brigade, ”, Russian Locations: Eastern Ukraine, Soviet, Robotine, Orikhiv, Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Russian, Ukraine's, Ukrainian

☆ A Ukrainian drone spotted a fellow wounded soldier bleeding out on a battlefield. He crawled back to safety after the drone dropped off water and aid: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Serhiy, a Ukrainian soldier, was badly wounded by shelling in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast. He was stuck in a crater field for two days with a pierced lung and wounded leg, Serhiy told CNN. According to CNN, the drone kept sending water and medicine to the wounded soldier to ease Serhiy's pain and allow him to crawl back to safety. "The combat medics who gave me first aid when they found me were very surprised I survived for two days with a pierced lung," Serhiy told CNN. Eugene, a soldier of the 15th national guard brigade who operated the drone, told CNN that he wouldn't be able to "live with myself" if he left a fellow soldier to die.

Persons: Serhiy, Nick Paton Walsh, wouldn't Organizations: CNN, Service Locations: Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Wall, Silicon

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