r/UkraineWarVideoReport • u/Flimsy_Pudding1362 • 6h ago
Other Video Inside the Drone Kill Zone: On Infantry Positions for the First Time / hromadske [ENG SUB]
Drones have made the work of infantry soldiers extremely dangerous — and reporting from the very front line virtually impossible. We rarely get to see what the front line actually looks like, the conditions in which infantry soldiers hold their positions, or how they spend dozens of days underground. The last time hromadske journalists visited infantry positions was in February 2024, when drones were not yet as pervasive or deadly. Since then, reaching these positions has become virtually impossible. Almost impossible. In September 2026, hromadske frontline reporters Diana Butsko and Vlad Safronov managed to reach Ukrainian infantry positions for the first time in over two years. Together with paratroopers from the 68th Separate Airmobile Brigade, named after Oleksa Dovbush, they made the journey on foot to the very front line to show what it takes to reach Ukraine’s forward defensive positions — and who the soldiers holding the line really are.