Ukrainian Cpl. Andrii Shadrin, 27, serves in a military unit that repairs and replaces equipment damaged on the war’s front lines. From his makeshift base in Donetsk, Shadrin talks with The World’s Marco Werman about what he’s recently seen in the besieged towns of Bakhmut and Soledar, and describes the military equipment that is in short supply.
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