A tenacious trench warfare has raged back and forth between Russian-backed separatists and Ukraine since 2014. 2022 may be the year when it escalates.
In eastern Ukraine, young soldiers have dug themselves into trenches and bunkers.
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Here they cook and celebrate Christmas and New Year.
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A few hundred kilometers to the east, Russian soldiers are practicing war.
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Will 2022 be the year when the conflict escalates in earnest in Ukraine?
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Valeriy Herovkin was the first to be killed in December, shot by a sniper on the other side.
Thus, the 22-year-old became part of a handful of Ukrainian soldiers who die every month in eastern Ukraine. For a long time, there has been a simmering but still deadly conflict between Ukrainian government soldiers and Russian-backed separatists. Some people think 2022 could be the year when it boils over.
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