GoPro footage released by Russian Paratroopers conducting combat operations near the village of Novomykhailivka shows an assault against a Ukrainian trench line. The attack starts from the back of an armored vehicle, and follows a pair of Russians as they maneuver through the barely defended trench network that the Ukrainian forces built.

There's a lot of controversy surrounding this video currently, with the Pro-Ukrainian side of the fence stating that this trench was already taken by Russian forces, and that this video may be more of a re-enactment than actual combat footage. We're not taking sides either way on the subject, however the trench system does appear to be only lightly defended at the most.

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