On Ukraine's 'Road of Life,' troops dodge Russian drones to resupply the front lines
By
Nick Paton Walsh
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Summary
This article reports on the perilous "Road of Life" in eastern Ukraine, a supply route used to resupply Ukrainian troops on the front lines near Kostyantynivka. The road is under constant threat from Russian drones, forcing troops to move on foot and use robotic delivery systems. A CNN team accompanying Ukrainian forces describes the harrowing experience of dodging aerial attacks, with drones circling overhead and striking vehicles. The piece highlights the extreme survival conditions, exhaustion of troops pinned down for months, and the innovative but dangerous methods used to keep frontline soldiers supplied amid relentless drone warfare.
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A lifeline resupplying Ukrainian troops on the toughest of front lines, sometimes by robotic delivery, the stretch of asphalt from Druzhkivka to Kostyantynivka is purely about survival.
Ukrainian troops, often emerging exhausted after months pinned down in the same position, move almost exclusively by foot, passing the burned-out vehicles of...
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