Andrii Shadrin is a 27-year-old Ukrainian corporal who serves in a military unit that repairs and replaces equipment damaged in frontline fighting. These days, Shadrin is deployed in and around the besieged town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. Shadrin tells The World’s host Marco Werman that these are difficult days for frontline soldiers, but that “every inch of our territory is worth it.”
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