Helmet cam footage documents a Ukrainian foot patrol in the contested city of Bakhmut as artillery flies overhead and gunfire erupts all around them.

They are likely maneuvering to new defensive positions, and probably have a rough idea where Russian positions are based on recent intel, but they are essentially using themselves as bait to probe the area for enemy presence.

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