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the bbc has been following one soldier — lieutenant eugene gromadskyi — as he fights to defend his country cost. our correspondent quentin sommerville and camera—journalist darren conway joined him at an undisclosed location near kupyiansk in the country's east, where fighting continues amid appalling winter conditions. when the enemy is on your doorstep, sacrifices must be made. this is home for a platoon from ukraine's 92nd brigade. they have a few small rooms in an abandoned house. they're crammed in. meals are eaten standing up. not that senior lieutenant, eugene grabowski, gets to spend much time here. he's had only two hours�* sleep, but again needs to head out to the front. there's a russian counter—attack under way. this war has shaken the world and ukraine, but the 22—year—old lieutenant hasn't wavered. he's been fighting since the war�*s very beginning, when his army veteran father was killed when his army veteran father was killed on the first day of the invasion, he didn't falter. this was nine months ago, when i first met eugene at the start of a conflict that would transform

the bbc has been following one soldier, lieutenant eugene gromadskyi, as he fights to defend his countryat personal cost. our correspondent quentin sommerville, and camera journalist darren conway, joined him near kupyansk, in the country's east, where fighting continues, amid appalling winter conditions. when the enemy is on your doorstep, sacrifices must be made. this is home for a platoon from ukraine's 92nd brigade. they have a few small rooms in an abandoned house. they're crammed in tight. meals are eaten standing up. not that senior lieutenant eugene grabowski gets to spend much time here. he's had only two hours�* sleep, but again needs to head out to the front. there's a russian counter—attack under way. this war has shaken the world, and ukraine, but the 22—year—old lieutenant hasn't wavered. he's been fighting since the war�*s very beginning. when his army veteran father was killed, on the first day of the invasion, he didn't falter. this was nine months ago, when i first met eugene at the start of a conflict that would transform him and his country. he'd just recently graduat

not that senior lieutenant eugene gromadskyi gets to spend much time here.head out to the front. there is a russian counterattack under way. this war has shaken the world and ukraine, but the 22—year—old lieutenant hasn't wavered. he has been fighting since the war�*s very beginning. when his army veteran father was killed in the first day of the invasion, he didn't falter. this was nine months ago, when i first met eugene, at the start of a conflict that would transform him and his country. he had just recently graduated. he and ukraine were ill—prepared. today, eugene and his country bear the scars of lessons learned. there have been a lot of casualties in this war. you have lost a lot of people. do you fear death? translation: the person who is not afraid is already dead. _ if you meet death with open arms, it will avoid you because death loves the brave. that's why i don't think about death, i only think about life — the lives of my comrades and the lives of those in my unit. these are the men who have eugene's back. who stand at the ready in this winter