FOUR soldiers were honoured for their brave service as United Nations peacekeepers in the Congo in the early 60s at a moving night in Castleisland organised by their comrades over the weekend.
soledar. the leader of this national guard mortar unit who gave us only his nickname, engineer, says they need help to stop the enemy from advancing. we need 120 millimeter rounds for the mortar, he says. we d also be happy if someone gave us as a surprise more mortars. the battle for soledar rages on. russian officials claim they ve seized the town. the ukrainian military insists they still control part of it. what the russians now control under heavy fire. ukrainian tactics designed to make every step forward come at a heavy price. despite the battle nearby, this soldier nicknamed sova is
left to surrender and he won t be able to hide for very long because there continues to be gunfire, fights in the streets, and it s only a matter of time, he thinks, before the russians will eventually close in. kim? all right. appreciate that. scott mclean in kyiv. thanks so much. cnn is on the ground just outside of that town, and our ben wedeman got a firsthand look at what s happening there. reporter: one mortar round off. the crew prepares for the next. the target, russian positions in soledar. the leader of this national guard mortar unit who gave us only his nickickname, engineer, says they need help to stop the
he takes us to the front lines now. reporter: one mortar round off, the crew prepares for the next. the target, russian positions in soledar. the leader of this national guard mortar unit, who gave us only his nickname, engineer, says they need help to stop thd two or three mortars. the battle for soledar rages on. russia claims they ve seized the town, but the ukrainian military says they still control part of it. what the russians now control under heavy fire.
charred and pockmarked. they re almost eyeball to eyeball. the next attack is imminent. we can see a mortar unit, the drone operator says, they re preparing to fire at us. down in a shelter, the commander says they have captured russian convicts who recruited to fight. it was get shot or surrender for the convict he says. wagner acts professionally, not like usual infantry units. shells continue to land all around them. bakhmut is a mess. russia edging towards it, but not inside. prepared for street to street fighting and meanwhile torn to pieces. the losses are heavy, and expose positions around the city, particularly here. russia s invasion tearing through the green treasured