Chasiv Yar & Bakhmut

Holding strong on the frontline - February 2023

Ukrainian forces from the 80th Brigade of State Security defend the frontline of Bakhmut.
Ukrainian forces from the 80th Brigade of State Security defend the frontline of Bakhmut.

As Russian forces continue the fierce offensive and attempt to besiege Bakhmut, the heavy artillery fire on the last access point of the devastated city is relentless.    

Ukrainian forces from the 80th Brigade of State Security defend the frontline of Bakhmut.
Ukrainian forces from the 80th Brigade of State Security defend the frontline of Bakhmut.
Buses full of soldiers arrive at Konstiantynivka and are immediately moblized to the frontline of Bakhmut.
Intense shelling everyday as Russian forces try to block the road that supplies the Ukrainian Armed forces.
Intense shelling everyday as Russian forces try to block the road that supplies the Ukrainian Armed forces.

A few courageous volunteers dare venture here for the evacuation of people in extreme need of help

Evacuation of an eldery woman.
Evacuation of an eldery woman.

Reports of one humanitarian aid volunteer killed, two wounded others saved by helmets and vests.

Point of unbreakability, Chasiv Yar.
Point of unbreakability, Chasiv Yar.
Point of unbreakability, Chasiv Yar.
Point of unbreakability, Chasiv Yar.
Statue of Russian writer and socialist political thinker Maxim Gorky, severed by Ukranians in Chasiv Yar during the Russian assault on Bakhmut.
Statue of Russian writer and socialist political thinker Maxim Gorky, severed by Ukranians in Chasiv Yar during the Russian assault on Bakhmut.

The road to Bakhmut through Chasiv yar, is called the road of death from there to Bakhmut.  

Soldiers are emotional as they rotate on the front line and have many losses.
Soldiers are emotional as they rotate on the front line and have many losses.

Armored vehicles and tanks go and come day and night. Heavy artillery fire can be heard during nights.

A Ukrainian serviceman suffers from a stroke on the road to the Bakhmut frontline
A Ukrainian serviceman suffers from a stroke on the road to the Bakhmut frontline
woman in the dark looking through window in train at the lens.
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