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The
artillery fire begins just before dawn. A soldier steps into a
darkened trench and lights a cigarette, carefully cupping the
flame with his free hand. A boom and crackle of outgoing fire
sound in.
When Russian forces withdrew from the town of Balakliia in eastern Ukraine in late 2022, pursued by Ukrainian troops and under artillery fire, they left a poorly equipped group of volunteers to guard their retreat. The force of around 50 men came from the National Army Combat Reserve - known by its Russian acronym BARS - a loose assembly of units totaling several thousand fighters that Russia's defense ministry has deployed in Ukraine to supplement its regular forces. About four hours of footage from a bodycam worn by one of the fighters, obtained by Reuters, provides a rare first-hand view of the combat operations of a BARS unit, according to three military experts who reviewed the video to provide an assessment for the news agency of the unit's military capability.
German prosecutors said on Monday they searched the home of two pro-Kremlin activists under suspicion that they violated a law that regulates the production and transfer of war weapons..
BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors said on Monday they searched the home of two pro-Kremlin activists under suspicion that they violated a law that.