The explosives tied under the belly of the last bridge standing between advancing Russian soldiers and Kyiv sadden Ukrainian volunteer forces sergeant 'Casper'.
Ukrainian forces hope they will not have to blow up the last bridge standing between advancing Russian forces and Kyiv The explosives tied under the belly of the last bridge standing between advancing Russian soldiers and Kyiv sadden Ukrainian volunteer forces sergeant "Casper".
The historic city of Kyiv would be effectively cut off from much of its western hinterland should Casper receive the order to blow the bridge up. And the rare hours of silence between the battles make the Ukrainian soldiers worry that the Russians are just reloading for an even more ferocious push. Another Russian push on the east bank of Kyiv's Dnipro River has seen some forces approach to within about 50 kilometres .
But he has converted his sprawling garage into an underground weapons manufacturing centre aimed at giving some muscle to Ukraine's vastly outgunned volunteer units."We discovered that our regular mechanics knew how to manufacture weapons. Others knew how to make Molotov cocktails. We are doing absolutely everything we can."All the workers at Fedchenko's repair shop have swapped their grease-stained overalls for the olive uniforms of Ukraine's volunteer units.
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