A Ukrainian military unit, including a married couple and an American volunteer from Detroit, patrol the area around Mykolayiv near the front lines of the Kherson region. Locals, meanwhile, dig out from heavy shelling that the city has been subjected to since Russia launched its attack on Ukraine in February.
Ukrainian Soldiers, Including A Husband And Wife, Hold The Line In War-Torn Mykolayiv
- By Reuters
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Tetyana Dovhopola is helped by her fellow soldier and husband, Andriy Dovhopoliy, as she jumps out their squad's BM21 Grad multiple-rocket launcher at a position near a front line in Ukraine's Mykolayiv region on September 16.
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A newly recruited volunteer, Steve Andre, a 37-year-old from Detroit, Michigan, chats with his comrades while working as a photographer with a Ukrainian brigade at a position near a front line in the Mykolayiv region.
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Andre inspects a defensive trench.
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A Ukrainian soldier boils water for coffee in a trench in the Mykolyaiv region.
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Ukrainian troops have a moment to relax.
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Ukrainian troops play cards to pass the time.
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A woman surveys her damaged apartment on September 14 at a building destroyed by a Russian strike in Mykolayiv.
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A man collects belongings from a damaged apartment building in Mykolayiv.
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Little remains of this Mykolayiv apartment after Russian strikes.
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Ukrainian women take little notice of a destroyed house at a village in the Mykolayiv region.
