
A blood-stained mattress lay in the dank basement of a bombed-out hotel where Russian troops were based until Ukraine’s soldiers forced them out last month. Abandoned army rations and sleeping bags indicated a rapid departure.
Not long ago, Sviati Hory [Holy Mountains] National Park was a popular tourist spot. The war has transformed this once tranquil area in the north of Donetsk region, centred on a 17th monastery, into an apocalyptic landscape littered with the grim detritus of Russia’s failing invasion.
Sensors are everywhere on the battlefield in #Ukraine: including those of the Bayraktar TB-2 UCAV, seen using the Wescam MX-15D sensor turret to observe what appears to be this recent shootdown. https://t.co/wZCgXgAoJo pic.twitter.com/5NRlcNq0by
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) October 2, 2022
