the following story was covered by the broadcast partner of our...

the following story was covered by the broadcast partner of our abc .. ie the bbc on "abc news"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qe9ql8v95o

ie listening to the story .. and it was a story of hope and determination blah blah blah

We’ve been brought to a secret training location in the Chernihiv region where the latest army intake is being fast tracked to the battlefield in the renewed effort to blunt Moscow’s grinding advance.

In the hail of machine gun fire and instructors’ commands, the most striking aspect of the scene is the age of the new recruits. Most seem to be in their 40s and 50s.

Among the grey-haired contingent, Rostyslav, whose wife and two children are waiting for him back home in the Odesa region.

“I think this is the right thing to do,” he says of the operation.

“Look how long they’ve been on our land. We’ve been suffering for so long, we have to do something. You can't just sit there while they are capturing our territory. What will we do then? Will we become their slaves?"

Maxim, a 30-year-old builder by trade, looks to be the most youthful of the cohort.

“We need to train, train and train again. The more we train the more we will learn here. It will help us on the frontline.

”Where will that be, I ask? “We are ready to defend our land either in Donbas - or Kursk,” he says proudly but with a nervous laugh.

the above - just a good example of the bbc coverage of the conflict ..ie brave ukrainians rising to the challenge .. all part of the propaganda war