From our special correspondents near Bakhmut – Near the front line of the devastated city of Bakhmut, Ukraine is preparing for its long-anticipated counter-offensive against Russia. Some of the Ukrainian soldiers posted there say it has already begun. Embedded with Ukraine’s 28th brigade, FRANCE 24’s Catherine Norris Trent, Johan Bodin and Dmytro Kovalchuk filed this report.
“Copy that, I’ve got your drone and memory cards,” a soldier says into a walkie-talkie.
