U.S.-provided howitzers help speed Ukraine's push on the southern front.
MYKOLAIV REGION, Ukraine — The big gun lay on the ground, quiet and still. But then the radio crackled with target coordinates and the M777 howitzer sprang to life. With the spin of a wheel, its nearly 17-foot barrel swung toward the sky. A Ukrainian artillery unit slid in the first of four shells.“Shooting!” replied another soldier as the 35-foot gun erupted with a gaseous gray cloud and a violent kick that dug its metal feet deep into the dirt.
The same mix of Ukrainian infantry and American weaponry is likely to shape the war for weeks to come. “There were times when we needed to shoot but we didn’t have any shells,” said a 34-year-old lieutenant from a different artillery battery who goes by the call sign “Bellringer,” after the church bells he played before the war. Bellringer and other soldiers spoke on the condition their names not be used to protect their safety and that of their families.
The target was a group of Russian combat vehicles near Snihurivka, a town in the Mykolaiv region that is a gateway to Kherson city and the nearby Kakhovka dam, which Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of plotting to destroy. “They are digging in here,” Bohachuk said. “They are broadening their positions, bringing in new people.”
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