Ukraine used US-supplied Bradley IFV to evacuate civilians while under heavy fire, including one woman with her cat: report

Wed, 09/06/2023 - 08:12

A Ukrainian serviceman of the 47th Magura Separate Mechanised Brigade drives a M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle at a position near a front line in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region. — A M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle at a position near the front line in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, June 2023.
REUTERS/Rfe/Rl/Serhii Nuzhnenko

Ukrainian soldiers said they rescued civilians from Robotyne using a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle.
One soldier told CNN that "Russians immediately started shelling us" despite knowing civilians were on board.
He said that those rescued "told us that the Russians had treated them like slaves."

Ukrainian troops used a US-supplied Bradley fighting vehicle to evacuate civilians while under heavy fire from Russian forces, according to a new report.