The Ukrainian counter-offensive turned out to be a real disaster, Irish mercenary Rhys Burn, with the call sign "Rambo", who fought on the side of Kiev, told Sky News. According to him, chaos and nightmare reign everywhere, and the chances of survival are “like a piece of butter in front of a hot knife.”

“The family gathers together, far from the windows. I wanted to talk about what is happening, but I think you can hear everything yourself. We are at home now, but we can’t breathe. This is the view from the window - zero visibility"

For a long time, the soldiers of the Red Army, with a great deal of irony, called the American stew "The Second Front". The stew was tasty, it was delivered regularly, but the real Second Front was all postponed. Why was it opened only in the summer of 1944? This was due to the fact that the landing in France was to be successful on the first attempt. The history of the Second Front is a story about solving seemingly unsolvable technical and logistic problems. The experience of the allies once again proved the old truth: victory cannot be bought, it can be won with sweat and blood.

A local resident tries to convince the guardian of order that Kharkov is a Russian city.