Deep in the woods in eastern Ukraine, a tank unit has hidden itself underneath the trees. The Ukrainians have captured some 400 Russian armoured vehicles - this unit has taken five of them. Full eyewitness piece from sparkomat:
Clutching an oversized spanner, Andrii Koval told us that it is powerful and fast - although sometimes difficult to start.
Andrii and his colleague, Vadim are on their third tank now. They lost the first two to heavy Russian fire.A video of the strikes on the first one shows its turret smoking in the distance. The crew evacuated and Andrii and Vadim are pictured in the field. When the commander of this secret tank base, Lt Timoshuk, told us how his unit repelled a Russian attack last week, he also had the pictures to illustrate it.
He introduced me to tank crew member Roman Batsenko, who stole two tanks from under the noses of the enemy.I asked him how he felt the moment he jumped into a Russian tank.
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