In eastern Ukraine, the Russian army is gaining ground every day on the front, preparing to launch a major assault on what remains of Ukraine’s Donbass. In kyiv, concern is growing because, once again, Western aid in arms and ammunition is not arriving on time.
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Published on 8/05/2024 at 3:53 p.m.
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IHe fights like a lion in his native lands. Egor Firsov, 35, was a member of the Ukrainian parliament until 2022, originally from Donetsk, a city annexed by Russia. From now on, he is a paramedic fighter within the Territorial Defense, in a brigade which suffered the shock this winter of the battle of Avdiivka, a city completely destroyed and then lost by Ukraine, places where Egor still walked as a teenager. At the end of winter, Egor Firsov’s unit no longer fired artillery shells, because it no longer had any, so the young politician turned soldier, and his comrades, now destroyed dozens of Russian tanks with simple FPV drones purchased on the internet, and loaded with explosives.
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