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Andriy Kuzakov

Andriy Kuzakov is a military correspondent for Current Time who has covered conflicts and events in Crimea, the Donbas, Nagorno-Karabakh, Liberia, Kosovo, and other locations. In peacetime, he has reported on international relations and politics from dozens of countries and covered summits and the UN General Assembly. He has been reporting from the front lines since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has been awarded Ukraine's Order of Merit (III).

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January 25, 2023
Ukrainians Say Fighting 'Intense' In Bakhmut As Russia Masses Artillery

As Ukrainian artillery pounds Russian positions, a military doctor said work in his field hospital is increasingly intense and a drone unit reported that Russia was massing further columns of artillery. Current Time correspondent Andriy Kuzakov reports from the front line.
January 24, 2023
Ukrainian Army Drone Footage Shows Purported Russian Sneak Attack

Drone footage released by the Ukrainian Army shows troops making their way across a frozen landscape, before coming under fire. Current Time reporter Andriy Kuzakov visited Ukrainian trenches at the site -- coming under fire on the way.
January 23, 2023
Ukrainian Street Market Provides Lifeline For Frontline Residents

People living in Bakhmut, perhaps the most bitterly contested town in Ukraine, travel 12 kilometers west to Chasiv Yar to stock up on necessities or draw their pensions.
January 18, 2023
Western Artillery Helps Ukrainian Forces In Luhansk Region

The Ukrainian military continues its counteroffensive near the area of Kreminna, a strategic logistics hub in Ukraine's Luhansk region. Russian forces are said to be dug in deep in the area. Western-supplied weapons, including self-propelled howitzers, are helping Ukrainian troops in their efforts.
January 17, 2023
A Day With A Drone Commander In The Battle For Bakhmut

Current Time correspondent Andriy Kuzakov spent a day with a Ukrainian air reconnaissance unit on the front line between Bakhmut and Soledar, where brutal fighting continues to rage. Ukrainian military officials reported that Russian forces launched more than 70 attacks on January 16 near Bakhmut.
January 02, 2023
Spent Rocket Debris And Mines In Ukraine's Kharkiv Region Will Serve As War Crimes Evidence

Fins of Grad rockets, fragments of high-explosive shells, and disarmed mines make up small mountains of collected debris from Russia's attacks on Ukraine's Kharkiv region. It's now being documented and traced to "find out who fired it and how many Ukrainians were killed by it" to prove war crimes.
December 21, 2022
Ukrainian Police Deliver Holiday Gifts In Besieged Bakhmut

A Ukrainian police evacuation group called White Angel is still working to get local residents out of the city of Bakhmut, which is under attack from Russian forces. Before evacuating some elderly residents, they brought a St. Nicholas Day present to Hanna, a young girl living in a basement.
December 21, 2022
Ukrainian Troops Say Russian 'Zombies' Repeatedly Attack Lines Around Bakhmut

Ukrainian soldiers defending the key eastern city of Bakhmut say the battles are constant and "cruel," describing ineffective Russian tactics that are endlessly repeated. They say Russian soldiers advance, Ukrainian artillery destroys them, then more come the next day.
December 16, 2022
Ukrainian Troops Block Russian Probing Forces Southwest Of Donetsk City

Moscow is trying to seize more territory in Ukraine's Donetsk region, currently one of the war's hottest areas. Russian forces are said to be sending small reconnaissance units to probe for weaknesses in Ukraine's defenses. Ukrainian troops are pushing back against enemy attacks.
November 14, 2022
Ukrainian Tanks Take On Inexperienced Russian Conscripts In The Kharkiv Region

Ukrainian tank crews on the front line are fighting against recently mobilized Russian troops. They say Russia's reinforcements are thrown into battle often without proper experience or equipment, and that dead Russian troops are immediately replaced by new draftees.
November 11, 2022
Ukrainian Gunners Say They Advance 5 Kilometers Every Week

Pushing the limits of a Polish-made Krab self-propelled gun, a Ukrainian artillery team says it hits key Russian targets and separates enemy infantry from better-armed comrades to make them vulnerable to ground attacks.
November 08, 2022
Ukrainian Troops Hold The Line In Battle For Maryinka Near Donetsk

Paratroopers with Ukraine's 79th Air Assault Brigade say they're holding positions around the small city of Maryinka in eastern Ukraine despite daily Russian attacks. Holding Maryinka is seen as critical to Ukrainian hopes of retaking the regional capital, Donetsk.
November 04, 2022
Kharkiv Town Near Russian Border Vacant But Still Being Shelled

Russian shells continue to fall on a ruined ghost town in Ukraine's Kharkiv region near the border between the two countries. Ukrainian soldiers who liberated the area say the Russians resent them because "we pushed them out" but will only fight at a distance.
November 03, 2022
Ghost Town: After Liberation From The Russian Occupation, A Struggle For Normalcy In Eastern Ukraine

Less than 4 kilometers from the Russian border, the Kharkiv region town of Vovchansk was liberated during Ukraine's lightning counteroffensive in September. But the largely deserted town is under daily bombardment, with businesses boarded up and the few remaining civilians struggling to get by.
October 11, 2022
Ukrainian Artillery Pounds Russian Military Targets In The Donbas

As Russia bombed cities across Ukraine on October 10, fighting continued to rage along the front lines in the east of the country. Artillery battles erupted in the hotly contested Donetsk region near Bakhmut, a strategic city in the Donbas. Russian forces have been focused on capturing Bakhmut.
October 04, 2022
Dead Russian Soldiers Litter Roads Around Liberated Lyman

Ukrainian volunteers check the corpses of Russian soldiers for booby traps as they clear the area after fighting around freshly liberated Lyman. Current Time correspondent AndrIy Kuzakov also reports that a body was found with a sack on its head.

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