In 30 hours, the Brigade reclaimed three square kilometers of territory that had earlier taken Russian forces two months to capture. "Nadiia" translates to "Hope."
A converted shipping container in Ukraine's capital houses an unlikely solution to military recruitment: a drone training program so popular it turns away qualified applicants while other units struggle to fill their ranks.
Despite being outnumbered two to one, elements of Ukraine's elite Third Assault Brigade successfully defended the positions north of Makiivka by integrating drone warfare, precision artillery, armored assaults, and infantry sweeps.