The small village of Vysokopillya in southern Ukraine was quick to fall into Russian hands when Moscow invaded on February 24. But in September – after six months of Russian occupation – it was recaptured by Ukrainian forces, who have now set up camp there. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports on the soldiers’ daily lives, some 40 kilometres from the frontline.
“Whoah!!” Oleksandr exclaims when smelling the small package of home-made salo (pork fat) his mother has sent him in the mail.
