They say the deeper a soldier digs, the better his chances of survival. But on the front lines in eastern Ukraine, the pulverising power of Russia’s newest weapon is testing soldiers’ faith.
Outside the town of Lyman, a crater 15m across and deeper than any Ukrainian trench has been thumped into a Donbas field. The impact of a Russian glide bomb has left a hole big enough to accommodate a small house.
Without western fighter jets to provide the air cover they need, Ukrainian soldiers have little to protect them besides prayer.
