Most of the fighting has been hidden from the view of the news media since the start of operations in early June.
Ukraine’s new brigades, trained and equipped according to NATO standards, have a different look and feel from many other Ukrainian units.
These marines now carry American M4 assault rifles and drive Humvees, which they repainted, changing the desert brown of the vehicles so often seen in Afghanistan and Iraq to a deep green for better cover in Ukraine’s lush countryside.
He watched as men from his unit loaded two laser-guided rockets into a launcher on the back of a Humvee for a firing mission.
“It’s a great new system and we have new vehicles too,” he added.
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