In September, a mortar round landed a few dozen yards from a woman in the eastern city of Bakhmut. The front line is in urban areas and in the countryside. Hospitals, schools, local markets - everything can be a target. The range of artillery and cruise missiles means that death can find them far from the troops and tanks. From the ground, the maps mean little.įor most of the country’s civilians, Ukraine’s front lines are amorphous. On endlessly circulated and regurgitated maps, the front line looks almost like a crescent moon of shaded-red areas (Russian-held) that collide with shaded-white areas (Ukrainian-held).īut that’s just the front line on paper. It starts in the eastern Donbas region before it arcs south toward the Black Sea. THE FRONT LINE, Ukraine - More than seven months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the country’s front line stretches hundreds of miles. In the Ukraine war, the front line is everywhere.
