A Ukrainian border guard scans the horizon to the border with Russia and Belarus, just some kilometres north.
That is the place Russia's ninetieth armored division swept in when the battle began on February 24.
Amid fears of an assault coming from their northern border with Belarus and Russia, Ukraine's border guards are fortifying their positions.
"All this time we're right here...Our major purpose is to forestall a brand new invasion," stated the unnamed Ukrainian border guard.
"But when it occurs once more on this space, then we're able to cease the enemy on the state border line, to forestall them from advancing deep into our nation."
In early April, Russian troops pulled again from the north to refocus on their marketing campaign in japanese and southern Ukraine.
Since then, Kyiv has been watching the border like a hawk, all of the extra so since Belarus started serving as a rear base for Moscow's forces.
On October 20, Ukraine's army stated the specter of a renewed offensive from the north was "rising", flagging intensified "aggressive rhetoric" from its northern neighbours who're shut allies.
A number of days earlier, Minsk stated as much as 9,000 Russian troopers and a few 170 tanks can be deployed to Belarus as a part of a joint process pressure to safe its borders.
Some 30 kilometres to the south lies Gorodnia, the primary city occupied by the Russians on the primary morning of the invasion.
Mayor Andriy Bogdan stated he hoped the occasions of February 24 "will not be repeated" even when such a menace "does exist."
"After all, there's such a menace, as a result of the state of affairs in Belarus is unpredictable, there are Russian troops there. We all know that. The behaviour of the Belarusian management is totally incomprehensible," stated Andriy Bogdan.
Grocery store proprietor Svetlana dismisses the concept that Belarus might assault.
"We dwell on the border, we're brotherly nations. I've a brother in Belarus, and a sister in Moscow. I can not actually imagine that, as these are three siblings on totally different sides. After all I need every thing to finish as quickly as potential."
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