A crew including Channel 5 correspondent Olha Kalynovska hit a magnetic mine, which detonated under their car, during a trip near Pokrovsk, reports Channel 5.
According to the correspondent, mined roads are a particular threat near Pokrovsk. During one trip, the group passed over a magnetic mine that detonated under the car. All four crew members suffered concussions and one was injured in the leg (in addition to a large bruise, his upper leg bones were broken). The car was severely damaged.
“Thank God, everyone is alive and well. All four of us only have concussion… The driver suffered the most,” Kalynovska said.
After the car exploded, the Russian troops began searching for the crew. The group had to find the nearest dugout and take cover in it. To do this, they moved on foot (walking 200–400 meters for over an hour) with intervals: 20–30 seconds of movement, then lying down to hide in the greenery, all as drones circled above them.
“We walked 200–300 meters for over an hour. It was like this: we move for 20–30 seconds, then we lie down. Some lie down, some fall, some hug a tree,” said Olha.
A UAF serviceman from the Dovbush Hornets Battalion of the chasseurs brigade No. 68 “Khotab” pointed out the enemy’s tactics: the FPV strike drones worked in a “cascade”, with one approaching the target, another controlling the shot, the third one filming the result, rinse and repeat.
The war reporter added that the enemy’s work was affected by weather: in the rain, the Russian troops can intensify attacks and assaults in small groups while trying to impede Ukraine’s logistics and the supply of ammunition, drones, and reinforcements.
“They are trying to disrupt our logistics, to prevent our soldiers from getting to the positions to replace the previous ones, to prevent drone supplies, ammunition supplies… And yesterday they succeeded,” Kalynovska concluded.