More intense helmet cam footage from Azov's 3rd Assault Brigade shows Ukrainian troops storming across open ground and into Russian trenches as enemy rifle fire and grenades explode all around them.

At one point, one of the soldiers is wounded by grenade fragmentation, but after a quick self-assessment he decides his injuries are non life-threatening and continues the fight.

The 3rd Assault Brigade has consistently shown to be effective at pushing Russian forces back on the flanks of Bakhmut.

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