Vladymyr, a soldier from the 54th Brigade in Zolote, sits down on the train tracks in one of the forward positions.

On April 14, 2019, skirmishes escalate.

“Give them an answer,” crackles a command on the radio.

Although engagements often escalate into skirmishes, outright assaults or sniper and drone battles, many nights are spent staring blankly into the no man’s land in front;

This is what the routine looked like in April 2019.

“I’m afraid,” says another soldier, who seems drunk.

“My only goal is to return home alive,” says Vladymir.

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