Tired Ukrainian Troops Fight to Hold Back Russian Offensive: ‘They Come Like Zombies’

Russia is taking heavy casualties in the mud of eastern Ukraine as it presses to encircle the city of Avdiivka

Ukrainian soldiers from the 47th Mechanized Brigade resting in a tree line near Avdiivka.

BERDYCHI, Ukraine—Every day, groups of Russian infantry attack the tree lines and pockmarked fields east of this village, which block their push to surround the city of Avdiivka. Every day, Ukrainian troops cut most of them down.

But more Russians keep coming. Depleted Ukrainian units can’t shoot them all.

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