Government forces in Ukraine are trying to seize the initiative from Russian troops before the arrival of winter, with a counter-offensive is already under way in the south.
Ukrainians are now preparing to expand this tactic in the east to take back land lost in Donbas and around Kharkiv in the north.
Correspondent Quentin Sommerville and camera-journalist Darren Conway were given exclusive access to a unit of Ukrainian troops.
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