A salvo of Grad missiles explodes in the distance.
The small group of Ukrainian territorial defense soldiers, who hold a military position on the edge of a forest in the northwest of Kiev, a few kilometers from Irpin, are tense.
“
Fuck off!
“Launches the head of the post as Kalashnikov fire slams behind him.
"
On the other side of the dam we are fighting against the Chechens
," he said.
If we let you pass, you will be killed by Kadyrov's men
(the Chechen president's note).
They are screwing up everything in Irpin.
You won't come back alive."
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