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Ukrainian National Guardsman take leisure in between shifts at their redoubt near Novoaidarin in Luhansk Oblast on Dec. 1.

NOVOAIDAR, Ukraine – As sub-zero temperatures begin to take grip, eight soldiers huddle in a big military tent amid the vast fields of Luhansk Oblast, seeded with mines instead of crops.They are National Guard troops sent to defend positions against Russian forces and their separatist proxies in a war that has already taken more than 8,100 lives, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

To read the main story of the Kyiv Post’s most recent visit to the front line please visit:

https://archive.kyivpost.com/article/content/kyiv-post-plus/ukrainian-soldiers-settle-in-for-another-winter-at-war-front-403444.html