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The Kyiv Independent published an in-depth account of a secretive Ukrainian counteroffensive in a heavily fortified part of Donbas, describing soldiers in Kharkiv Oblast crossing mine-strewn fields and rivers under Russian artillery and drone fire. Soldiers interviewed by callsign, including one identified as Oleksandr, described surviving swarms of first-person-view drones as part of the operation, offering a rare look at frontline tactics amid the grinding war.