Squatting in a weed-choked irrigation canal, concealed from prowling enemy drones by overhanging trees, the Ukrainian soldier dismissed media reports that reclaiming the Russian-held port city of Kherson would be a cakewalk.
"They have good defensive lines with deep trenches, and they are sitting deep underground," said Vitalii, gripping an assault rifle and nodding at the tree line where his foes were bunkered. "Ukrainian armored forces need to destroy those defensive lines."
