Recently, the lines here were bolstered by the arrival of an elite, British-trained artillery unit that had previously been deployed outside Bakhmut. After 14 months of nonstop fighting, Ukrainian soldiers are exhausted. But the Ukrainian artillery team positioned to return fire was unfazed. This could be a sign that Russian forces are preparing for their own assault — or anticipating a Ukrainian one. The post Life in Ukraine’s Trenches: Gearing Up for a Spring Offensive appeared first on New York Times.
