The World has been checking in periodically with Andrii Shadrin, a 28-year-old Ukrainian corporal who serves in a military unit that repairs and replaces equipment damaged in frontline fighting. Shadrin describes to host Carolyn Beeler what it’s like to return to the battlefield after an injury, when military equipment and ammunition are in short supply.
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