Ukrainian government soldiers in front-line trenches in Ukraine’s east said on Monday that heavy shelling from Russian-backed separatists had intensified to provoke all-out conflict amid fears of Russia seeking a pretext for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian troops have battled Russian-backed separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk breakaway regions bordering Russia since 2014.
A ceasefire deal in 2015 halted the worst fighting, but shelling has intensified along the “line of contact” since last week as Russia masses forces along Ukraine’s borders.
Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford is on the road with a Ukrainian army patrol near the Russian border.
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They only going to lose their lives for some clever corruption people in their country they will regret killing each other for nothing on the end same like Afghanistan killing each other to keep corruptions in power when they get all your money they will leave the country with all your money
all the ukro bots lost their internet it seems
This soldier is wearing Americans helmet! It says everything about this conflict
😂😂😂
Idiot, Russians wear the same helmets
Al jazeera,another western media mouth piece,it is not a surprise…
cute kitty
Separatist = Russians!
Misanthropic Divion flag in the trenches, my God… I’m totally opposed to Russian aggression against Ukraine but I can’t understand how Ukraine has allowed far-right militias to exist so openly within their military :/ Disgusting!
Wow true acting.
Yeah yeah, thanks NATO and US for the provocations, Ukraine is a play yard now.
Why don’t they scrap taking Ukraine to NATO and create a new alliance instead with former Warsaw pact countries and former Soviet republics.
Rusia 100%%%%%%%%
Dear AlJazeera the correct way is Kyiv 0:03 not “Kiev”
Putin had already invaded and destroyed so many nations for the last three decades, he is still heading forward to do so, no only nation can stop him but, throught solidarity and shelling to his own bed can only stop him.
Afghans wear same uniform for 20 years they were told that they are defending their country they lost lots of lives unfortunately and now they realise that they wasn’t defend their country they were only to defend some corruption in power in their country they disappeared in one night with all the money 🤣 the same people who risked their lives lost their lives now face hunger to sale their children to buy food 💔
Ukraine should surrender and let Poland and Germany be at the front line with Russia.
Russia want the coast
Where are all the Putinphiles?
What happened to “Vlad just wants Minsk enforced”?
What happened to “there are no red flags operations from Russia”?
What happened, Putinphiles?
Give Ukraine a couple of Nukes…
Nazis, may they be shelled until they’re unrecognizable lumps of flesh.
Ukraine clowns usa uk 🦍
Keep waiting without action soon or later Russia will take all
Putin has been planning this for decades
So the nazis now have their hands full? What’d they expect?
Cope
We were told ucraine is the most currupt country in the world biden is setting up a pay off after this little conflict biden will be requesting billions for ucraine and they will give him his 10 percent I’m so disgusted he’ll they just paid the post office 50 billion for rigging the election
Ukraine soldiers have been fighting but Russian force’s not Russian rabble
There not concerned with our boarder but there concerned with russias boarder there sick people wake up
Where’s the snow? Fake news?
America will Run from the Ukraine like from Afghanistan
Russian leadership are all criminals. I hope Ukraine will soon put an end to them all,. can’t wait to see it, the sooner the better.😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
hahahhahahahhahahah
As an Indian, I stand with Russia.
the blood of Poles
Those soldiers have 🇺🇸 on the helmets.
Not true..Ukraine was the provocateur shelling lugansk and Odessa ..since Nato came in they got more arms n started the shelling..
The democratic world should all give as much weapons to Ukraine as possible
Another nuclear Country Pakistan PM 🇵🇰 will be in Russia 🇷🇺 tomorrow for the peace talk. ✌️
What is that banner in the bunker about can anyone tell me what it represents?
in german Töten für Wotan means killing for Wotan and the skulls are from hitlers SS
@Haskalah okay thanks for that. I mean I guess but I’m certainly not sure maybe kill for the love of killing or something to that effect? Why something from the Nazi’s anyway? I don’t think they would consider them heroic but not sure how they view them. Sort of strange to me still.
Stupid people doing stupid things. There is no use fighting take example of USA.
That’s funny, this is the same on the eastern side! Why not report on them!
These guys are nazis! Did you see the flag in the trench??? SS skull emblem o.O
Wait for the first Russian young solder dies and the mother receives the body bag..then lets see how many people in Russia Love PUTIN or not
Why should so called “Democratic West” support the neo-Soviet Dictator Putin? Why NATO-countries continue to buy gas and oil from the Kremlin thug and his oligarchs? It’s so hypocritical and sickening.
Respect each other
That shell was out going (the blast sound far)
Putin only gaol is to make ukraine a part of russia.thats only make sense.
These Ukrainian soldiers must be guarding areas where the majority of the local population support the Ukrainian oligarchy right? And the locals there must hate Russia right?
You may read the OSCE report which is available online. Ukraine is not so innocent at all.
He has pretty
Eyes
Glory to Ukraine ! Glory to the Heroes !
The first aid box is rustic a signal of a much longer period than 3 months in the bunker. Why are you unclear about Russia’s intentions. They made in clear to the US and EU. How did they respond with ratcheting up conflict between Kiev and the Donbass. You can fool people sometimes you can’t fool them all the time.
AmeriKan vomit.
n@zıs Germany = putler’s terrorussia
Blame us and its allies
🇨🇦 🍁 canada sends so much hope maybe in the end Ukraine 🇺🇦 will get back there country we will help till the end to fight this horrible tyrannt
Why Ukrainian soldier wearing US flag on his helmet??? Is that Ukrain military uniform??? Who are separatist here?
Why are the soldiers wearing US Flag patches on their helmets?
Muslim world stands with Russia and Putin against western aggression, imperialism and provocations! Putin is a savior for the entire world! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
and who are you to speak on behalf of nearly 2 billion people? no one elected you no one knows who you are!
Middle East been going through this for nearly 70 years of nonsense wars because of super power country’s playing in their backyard just look at history
Why do they have American flag patches on their helmets? They could take them off, they’re on why Velcro. The press guy doesn’t have one.
There won’t be any fireworks.
Just these little sprinkle of skirmishes.
Putin 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
I request to the channel of al Jazeera that please don’t show the condidate name behind the subtitles.
Please please please please please please
Please mention once more time⌚⌚
Nato invaded lots of countries even when UN are against it and you’re telling that nato is not a threat, great real will ya
Nato is a defensive organisation they do not attack unless a member state is attacked first. That’s why Putin doesn’t want east European country in Nato. If he attacks one of them he will be at war with the whole west. Btw Nato attacked only once in it’s history. After 11. of September 2001. It was called operation Endurance freedom. Look it up it’s the only time Nato was involved in a direct war and it wasn’t aimed at Russia but Afghanistan.
@Aluminium Minimalimmumität US backed by NATO illegally invaded iraq in defiance of the UN security Council… And there’s a lot more… They’re not the heros you want them to be
🇺🇦🇧🇩🇺🇦🇧🇩🇺🇦🇧🇩🤝
Why soldiers have covered their faces? Are they not real? How journalist is acting like bomb exploded near to him and nothing happened to him. Lie and Lie
You Russia is not a story really dangerous always step back keep hiding
Deal with Ukraine very well. They think NATO will help them
S.0.S……. THERE IS A MAN BEGGING FOR HELP /SCROLL DOWN 8 COMMENTS TO demekech ayelle if you can help him.
Lol SS skull these guys deserves to get pounded by Mother Russia like good ol’ days.
PUTIN IS ON HIS WAY OUT N UKRAINE 🇺🇦 WILL EVENTUALLY JOIN NATO 🌷
EU becomes now middle east
So this is been going on for years!
Man is acting to exaggerate.. Pig
Why Putin eyeing on Ukraine and Xi Jingping on Taiwan?
In fact, no one want to live under communist dictatorship and people in Myanmar do not want to live under criminal general Min Aung Hlaing
Why do they have American flags on their helmets?
love the death head skulls on that flag
Putin the man.
I sure hope that Ukrainian is also setting up major defensive labyrinths because I’m sure the Russians have not been waiting this whole time like the rest of the world
Pray for Ukraine
The Ukrainian Troops giving me Nazis vibes
SLAVA UKRAJINI 🇭🇷✋🏻✋🏻✋🏻🇺🇦
Mr Putin :
The world may have isolated u ‘cause of ur invasion plans.
But there’s still light at the end of the tunnel…
Seek the Zionists help and do ditto / exactly how they achieved invading Palestine and instead received the whole world’s support and are in their 60th ur of invasion / occupation
Slav killing Slav thats what I see,
“War is rich old men protecting their property by sending middle class and lower class young men off to die. It always has been.”
－ George Carlin
screw soviets! go ukraine!
That souldier is 100% right ….
Now that the Russians moved in, the coward Ukrainian soldiers stopped shelling the civilians in Donbass lol
Only 27 years old My kids are older than he is this is so sad.
One sided narration, we need to here the Russian Soldiers and Separatists as well otherwise we call biasm
Long Live Russia, Long Live President Vladimir Putin 💪 💪
The western countries/NATO and their Propaganda will fail.
putin have a lot land,why he still need more
Eating American cans in a German helmet, God bless the Ukrainian army!
Ukraine.dont be fooled by the west
Dictator putin’ must Face the truth. accept God Almighty let humans live in freedom
Ok so why not going to the other side as well ? And ask question ??
Ukranien soldiers have to fire Russian troops first before getting help from US or Nato.
Because separatist use russian weapon that why they have high caliber. It looklike putin says he want diplomatic sulution but his action is like what Josrhp Stalin did
Nato backstab ukranians