POV footage of the 15th “Kara-Dag” Brigade in action in Zaporizhzhia. The video begins with soldiers riding atop tanks and deploying near a trench system. The infantry dismounts rush forward, enter the trench, and begin clearing with small arms and grenades. The music makes it impossible to hear the level of fire and to determine the intensity of the fight. There appears to be return fire after they enter the trench, and in one frame, when the camera operator unpins a grenade, something can be seen impacting the side of the trench near his arm, perhaps a bullet or fragmentation.

The 15th Brigade newly entered the fight, probably as part of a larger unit rotation. “Kara-Daga” means “Black Mountain,” likely a reference to a massif located on the Crimean Peninsula.

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Cam served as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps, deploying to the Horn of Africa and participating in combat operations in Iraq. He currently works in the maritime industry and in the defense sector as an instructor of combined arms planning and operations. An avid sailor, Cam founded and directs a nonprofit that supports veterans and first responders through sailing.