This footage depicts the Ukrainian 3rd Assault Battalion assaulting a Russian trench. The fighting is at extremely close range, and although the deaths are blurred here, viewer's discretion is advised.

The footage alternates between GoPro style and drone video of the trench overall. The first person view demonstrates the intensity of the fighting while a drone view provides context. Ukrainian and Russian soldiers exchange gunfire and explosives from mere feet away, firing into the corridors and across the berms. At 02:04/2:05 a large explosion rocks the Ukrainians in the trench, but they keep fighting.

 

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Cole Simms

     

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