The team leader gave instructions to the 30 or so diggers: "You have to dig from there to there," he said, pointing to a few dozen metres of green grass damp from the night's rain. The chosen spot is ...

NEAR BAKHMUT: Shovels in hand and helmets on heads, Ukrainian soldiers jumped out of a military truck and prepare to dig a trench near Bakhmut, in the conflict-hit east of the country. The team leader ...

AFP journalists in recent weeks saw soldiers digging numerous trenches in the area around Bakhmut - Copyright AFP Gerardo MENOSCAL AFP journalists in recent weeks saw ...

A Ukrainian serviceman drops to the ground to take cover during shelling near the frontline city of Bakhmut AFP Shovels in hand and helmets on heads, Ukrainian soldiers jumped out of a military truck ...