His unit decimated by Ukrainian fire, the last surviving soldier in a Russian assault took cover in a shallow crater while Ukrainians shouted at him to surrender.
As he lifted two grenades in the air, a Ukrainian drone swept in from above and exploded.
Soon, the smoke cleared, a surveillance drone overhead showed, revealing the Russian soldier’s corpse.
“They come in waves,” said Lt. Oleksandr Shyrshyn, 29, the deputy battalion commander in the 47th Mechanized Brigade.
“And they do not stop.”As the war enters its third year, Ukrainians find themselves outmanned and outgunned.
Persons:
”, Oleksandr Shyrshyn
Organizations:
47th Mechanized Brigade
Locations:
Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Russia