As Ukrainian troopers shiver in frontline trenches, their hope is that NATO nations will cease dithering over the choice to ship fashionable battle tanks to assist them fight Russian aggression.
A crew of journalists from France Télévision was taken to Velyka Novosilka and guided by a maze of snow-capped earthworks in an space the troopers name the zero line.
They noticed troopers below nearly fixed bombardment from Russians just a few hundred metres away.
‘Everyone seems to be afraid, on a regular basis, I’m additionally very afraid,’ mentioned one of many commanders. ‘But when my males see it, then they are going to be careworn too. So formally, I am not afraid.’
The labyrinth of frozen earth is all that protects the Ukrainians when the bombs fall.
The French crew arrived earlier than daybreak, the primary overseas journalists to go to.
‘Essentially the most horrifying factor is once we see a tank advancing in the direction of us, when the tank fires, it occurs in a short time,’ mentioned one other Ukrainian soldier.
Troopers don’t remain greater than three days on this zero line, which is continually below the specter of Russian strikes. After nearly a yr of battle, “there’s nothing however hatred” for the Russian troopers, says their commander.
France Télévision’s journalists mentioned the troopers interviewed agreed extra heavy tanks from Ukraine’s European allies are wanted.
