Ukraine: in Mykolaiv, at the front, Ukrainian troops remain determined
Vadym Tchorniy, deputy commander of the 63rd brigade of the Ukrainian army.
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In southern Ukraine, the Mykolaiv region is still under fire from Russian artillery and shelling.
For the Russians who occupy Kherson, this city, further west, represents a final lock before Odessa, the great Ukrainian port on the Black Sea, but the lines seem fixed.
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With our special correspondents in Mykolaiv,
Anastasia Becchio
and
Boris Vichith
Near Bachtanka, in a rest base of a Ukrainian army garrison, in a hangar, some soldiers are eating.
On the menu: soup, oatmeal, canned meat and small confectionery.
The deputy commander of the 63rd brigade, Vadym Tchorniy has just returned from the front a few tens of kilometers away: “
If we take this front, in all likelihood, the enemy has decided to bury themselves in the trenches.
They do not carry out active offensive military activity, only artillery fire along the entire front line.
They no longer have offensive potential.
All the resources they had, they sent them to Donbass and the Kharkiv region in the direction of Izium to try to surround our army.
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Western aid helps maintain troop morale
If the lines do not move much, the morale of the troops remains good, explains Major Ihor Dziuba, who acts as a psychologist within the unit.
According to him, Western aid has something to do with it: “
A reliable rear front with reliable supplies, that has a big impact.
Yes, our ammunition and our material are not infinite, but we have resources because we are helped politically and materially.
That's why we think we can achieve the goals we set for ourselves.
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Around Mykolaiv, Ukrainian forces say they are determined to continue to fight and retake the neighboring region of Kherson.
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