another. they report gains around the town that since last year has been the epicenter of the war. gun commander has been in the area for months. the task of taking down coordinates and barking orders now routine. he says he is now half deaf from the blasts. yet he has sense to change. it feels like they are often running away, he says, referring to the russians. and then the order to fire. there is barely a let up in the distant thud. the russians say this gunner, call sign aries are falling back. one or 2 months ago there was a lot of incoming. it was scary to be here. now it s different. on another flank the big guns are out. this is a buldona, the ukrainian
what we saw is that really that town is now the focus of the ukrainian counteroffensive. as soon as one artillery round blasts towards bakhmut, the crew rush os to prepare for another. ukrainian officials report gains around the town that since last year has been the epicenter of the war. gun commander has been in the area for months. the task of taking down coordinates and barking orders is now routine. he says he s now half deaf from the blast. yet he has sensed a change. it feels like they are running away, he says. and then the order to fire. there s barely a let up in the distant thud of shelling.
trite at this point. i do not consider mr. putin s reaction to this as important as the decision that the president made about the requirement to get these munitions to ukraine. all right general, thank you so much. we appreciate your time. meanwhile, ukrainian officials say they make advances around the embattled eastern city of buckland, which, for month, blood has spilled on either side. neither side appeal is willing to let the territory go. ben adjoint is from the front lines. reporter: as soon as one artillery round blast toward bakhmut , a crew rushes to prepare for another. ukrainian officials report gains that since last year has been the epicenter of the war. gun commander has been in the area for months. the task of taking down
which fell to the russians this year. ben wedeman has the latest from eastern ukraine. reporter: as soon as one artillery round blasts toward bakhmut, the crew rushes to prepare for another. ukrainian officials report gains. this gun commander has been in the area for months. the task of taking down coordinates and barking orders now routine. he says he is half deaf from the blasts. yet he has sensed a change. it feels like they are off and running, he says, referring to the russians. then the order to fire. there s barely a letup in the distant thud of shelling. the russians, says this gunner,
when we have targets, we fire fast and precise, says the gun commander whose call sign is diesel. we hit infantry tanks, vehicles, but most of all infantry. their targeting is helped by the brigade drone operators. this drone video shows a successful strike on russian troops on the edge of bakhmut. but the eyes in the sky can fall victim to friendly fire. that gunfire from nervous troops trying to shoot down their own drone. here they heard about the brief mutiny led by prigozhin and shrugged it off. i said from the start it is a lie, says this drone operator. it was theater. their more immediate concern, getting enough ammunition, crates of freshly manufactured 152 millimeter rounds from