The Donbas war

A trench war

Trench in the Donbas War. Source - Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Trench in the Donbas War. Source - Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The War in Donbas began in 2014. Since then it has witnessed the use of the most modern technologies, such as electronic warfare by Russia or increasingly advanced drones on the Ukrainian side. At the same time, such ancient weapons, the Maxim M1910 machine guns from the First World War, have been seen in operation. It's not a coincidence. In many aspects, especially in recent years, the Ukrainian battlefields have kept interesting parallels with those of the Great War: Trenches, snipers, bunkers, sieges and the massive use of artillery have formed a less modern conflict of what the term “hybrid warfare” suggests.

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