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They call this the road of life, but it's about survival,
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not living. It is safest on foot. Undersky is ruled
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by tiny killer drones, targeting any vehicle. The nets trying
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to block the horror from above. If you can make
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the robot your friend, your porter, the machines are normally
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the enemy here.
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This now a pretty much all over the front lines.
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Tiny bits of fiber optic cable used to connect drones
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to their controller can go on for tens.
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Of kilometers, stopping the.
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Jamming before a Russian drone above the Ukrainian's open fire.
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Follow the stay you go away.
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They hit it.
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That's the impact, and you have to split out because
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the drone will try and target groups of individuals.
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Sometimes one, two three.
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You find we're doing Sasha and borg Dan's usual walk
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along this road between two Ukrainian positions, but it takes
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five hours and we are buzzed by attack drones fourteen times.
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The threats change every month here looking for loitering drones.
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They have a low and wait for you a radio morning.
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The trees aren't just a place to hide, but somewhere
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the drones cannot fly. Russian drones circle, targeting vehicles but
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also dropping explosives on troops. You have to keep moving
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that they may swarm around you.
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The battlefield has completely changed in a matter of a year.
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Nobody drives cars on this road unless you have to.
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Nobody drives the that's an outgoing artillery. These robots used
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for resupply. Up ahead, we can see people repairing the
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nets are kind of key protection, but these used to
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resupply food, ammunition all around the front line.
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Gunfire means wrong again.
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This is a pretty constant and the only move is
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to hide into the trees.
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But heir of land.
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Not far.
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You might be thinking, why not walk inside the nets?
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You live.
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Sweet description, Yet.
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This is part of the problem here.
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And then after an hour of this you don't quite
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get numb to it. But there's thet's see something here.
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You get slightly too comfortable and tired.
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The next one is right on top of us.
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There is there. It is the Nashua.
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They hit it at that gray streak and it falls
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whirling down. Yea me, but it hasn't detonated debris drifts.
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There's been no blast, so we are alive. It may
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have been a recondrone but flew like a Russian attacker
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down the road is the Constantinifka front, where the Kremlin's
51
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advance has been slowed to a crawl at the enormous
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cost across the front of thirty five thousand Russian dead
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and wounded a month, says Ukraine. This is the tenth attack.
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They could briefing, and it's becoming closer.
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Now say intensified, come here, never.
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See it up.
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Drones also targets heavy gunfire. Their friend, a lieutenant killed
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when this car was hit just two days ago.
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What's your.
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We are nearing their bunker position. There are moments here
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to rest, see the trophies of drones that failed. But
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we have to get back. A couple of leaches was
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a highly done.
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Boxes.
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As soon as we emerge, they are above us again.
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This is the new warfare. Hide, shoot at the sky,
67
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run fire, drums back. The impacts just as deadly as shelling.
68
00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:30.639
The accuracy horrific.
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I have to walk in, but also walk out.
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I was really sure.
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The bus stays with you, ringing in your ears for
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hours later, no respite the gray smoke. Perhaps it hit
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the net.
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That was close loud you could hear the shrapnel landing
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on the tarmac. Clearly targeting that armored vehicle.
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It is hard to see how this grind is a win,
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but it is Ukraine on foot, robots in support automation
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replacing scarce troops holding ground. The drones never stop, but
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neither does Ukraine adapt and learning, engineering this new warfare
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and hoping an image sustains long enough to put Russia
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in reverse.
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Look, we're not at the stage here where it seems
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as though Ukraine is actually winning the war, but the
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overarching sense of dreads of the past year or so
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that they were losing inevitably, that's certainly gone. And it's
86
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their use of technology to bridge the acute man power
87
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crisis they're facing. It's their deep strikes inflicting pain in
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the heart of Russia's motherland. And it's also I think
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at times Moscow's pain and problems appear to be acute,
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it's not at times worse than that of Kiev. A
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real sense of a change in the mood here in
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Ukraine's favor. Nick Peyton Walsh, c an N Kiev, Ukraine
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They call this the road of life, but it's about survival,
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00:00:05.599 --> 00:00:09.759
not living. It is safest on foot. Undersky is ruled
3
00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:14.359
by tiny killer drones, targeting any vehicle. The nets trying
4
00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:18.039
to block the horror from above. If you can make
5
00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:22.039
the robot your friend, your porter, the machines are normally
6
00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:22.920
the enemy here.
7
00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:30.320
This now a pretty much all over the front lines.
8
00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:34.320
Tiny bits of fiber optic cable used to connect drones
9
00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:37.640
to their controller can go on for tens.
10
00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:40.600
Of kilometers, stopping the.
11
00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:58.799
Jamming before a Russian drone above the Ukrainian's open fire.
12
00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:21.640
Follow the stay you go away.
13
00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:22.879
They hit it.
14
00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:28.760
That's the impact, and you have to split out because
15
00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:32.959
the drone will try and target groups of individuals.
16
00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:35.120
Sometimes one, two three.
17
00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:39.120
You find we're doing Sasha and borg Dan's usual walk
18
00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:43.640
along this road between two Ukrainian positions, but it takes
19
00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:48.480
five hours and we are buzzed by attack drones fourteen times.
20
00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:54.680
The threats change every month here looking for loitering drones.
21
00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:59.120
They have a low and wait for you a radio morning.
22
00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:02.760
The trees aren't just a place to hide, but somewhere
23
00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:11.159
the drones cannot fly. Russian drones circle, targeting vehicles but
24
00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:17.680
also dropping explosives on troops. You have to keep moving
25
00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:19.360
that they may swarm around you.
26
00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:23.680
The battlefield has completely changed in a matter of a year.
27
00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:28.639
Nobody drives cars on this road unless you have to.
28
00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:36.719
Nobody drives the that's an outgoing artillery. These robots used
29
00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:39.800
for resupply. Up ahead, we can see people repairing the
30
00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:43.520
nets are kind of key protection, but these used to
31
00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:48.000
resupply food, ammunition all around the front line.
32
00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:51.759
Gunfire means wrong again.
33
00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:59.120
This is a pretty constant and the only move is
34
00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:00.680
to hide into the trees.
35
00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:04.960
But heir of land.
36
00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:06.759
Not far.
37
00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:14.240
You might be thinking, why not walk inside the nets?
38
00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:13.000
You live.
39
00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:19.639
Sweet description, Yet.
40
00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:23.800
This is part of the problem here.
41
00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:29.360
And then after an hour of this you don't quite
42
00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:34.280
get numb to it. But there's thet's see something here.
43
00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:38.759
You get slightly too comfortable and tired.
44
00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:43.439
The next one is right on top of us.
45
00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:59.639
There is there. It is the Nashua.
46
00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:07.960
They hit it at that gray streak and it falls
47
00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:24.000
whirling down. Yea me, but it hasn't detonated debris drifts.
48
00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:31.160
There's been no blast, so we are alive. It may
49
00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:34.399
have been a recondrone but flew like a Russian attacker
50
00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:40.399
down the road is the Constantinifka front, where the Kremlin's
51
00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:43.680
advance has been slowed to a crawl at the enormous
52
00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:47.240
cost across the front of thirty five thousand Russian dead
53
00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:52.240
and wounded a month, says Ukraine. This is the tenth attack.
54
00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:56.160
They could briefing, and it's becoming closer.
55
00:04:56.240 --> 00:05:14.240
Now say intensified, come here, never.
56
00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:19.800
See it up.
57
00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:30.120
Drones also targets heavy gunfire. Their friend, a lieutenant killed
58
00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:34.519
when this car was hit just two days ago.
59
00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:35.639
What's your.
60
00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:44.120
We are nearing their bunker position. There are moments here
61
00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:47.639
to rest, see the trophies of drones that failed. But
62
00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:59.519
we have to get back. A couple of leaches was
63
00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:00.439
a highly done.
64
00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:03.680
Boxes.
65
00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:15.560
As soon as we emerge, they are above us again.
66
00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:21.959
This is the new warfare. Hide, shoot at the sky,
67
00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:29.000
run fire, drums back. The impacts just as deadly as shelling.
68
00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:30.639
The accuracy horrific.
69
00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:34.959
I have to walk in, but also walk out.
70
00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:39.519
I was really sure.
71
00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:45.000
The bus stays with you, ringing in your ears for
72
00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:57.319
hours later, no respite the gray smoke. Perhaps it hit
73
00:06:57.399 --> 00:06:57.920
the net.
74
00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:04.720
That was close loud you could hear the shrapnel landing
75
00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:07.560
on the tarmac. Clearly targeting that armored vehicle.
76
00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:11.240
It is hard to see how this grind is a win,
77
00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:16.720
but it is Ukraine on foot, robots in support automation
78
00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:25.040
replacing scarce troops holding ground. The drones never stop, but
79
00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:30.040
neither does Ukraine adapt and learning, engineering this new warfare
80
00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:33.920
and hoping an image sustains long enough to put Russia
81
00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:34.639
in reverse.
82
00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:38.240
Look, we're not at the stage here where it seems
83
00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:40.680
as though Ukraine is actually winning the war, but the
84
00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:44.439
overarching sense of dreads of the past year or so
85
00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:48.800
that they were losing inevitably, that's certainly gone. And it's
86
00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:52.160
their use of technology to bridge the acute man power
87
00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:55.920
crisis they're facing. It's their deep strikes inflicting pain in
88
00:07:55.959 --> 00:08:00.319
the heart of Russia's motherland. And it's also I think
89
00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:04.839
at times Moscow's pain and problems appear to be acute,
90
00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:08.279
it's not at times worse than that of Kiev. A
91
00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:11.399
real sense of a change in the mood here in
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00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:15.959
Ukraine's favor. Nick Peyton Walsh, c an N Kiev, Ukraine
