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Inside Ukraine's secret counteroffensive in heavily fortified Donbas

Kyiv Independent22 October 2026, 05:22 UTCUkraine

Editor's note: Most of the Ukrainian soldiers and commanders interviewed are identified by their callsigns, in accordance with military protocols.KHARKIV OBLAST — Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr had already narrowly survived crossing a mine-strewn field and a river in the crosshairs of Russian artillery when the swarm of first-person-view

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