On the Maginot of the Dnipro where Russians and Chechens dig the great defense line

TAVRYCHANKA (KHERSON) – The southern bank of the Dnipro it is paved with trenches, long tunnels parallel to the water a meter and a half deep dug into the reddish earth. A dusty Russian flag flutters from a pole planted in the ground. A few meters further on, along the slope that leads to the river bed, some soldiers take cover behind an abandoned van used as a barricade.