Putin’s troops fooled by a Trojan horse in Operation Vivaldi | Shaun Pinner
Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global SecurityShow Notes
“They parachuted ground vehicles in behind enemy lines and drove them.”
Journalist and British Army veteran Shaun Pinner describes how Ukrainian troops managed to drive an armoured personnel carrier right up to Russian defences as part of Operation Vivaldi in Lyman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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