Along A Front That Can No Longer Be Measured On Maps
By: Giorgio Provinciali
Live from Ukraine
Kherson – Russian forces struck five settlements in the oblast’ we write from, killing one person and wounding ten others. To shelter from that terrifying raid, we threw ourselves into a deep ditch, quickly pointed out to us by a local farmer. He stayed with us through an interminable bombardment and explained that he had watched his wife die before his eyes in a Russian artillery strike that had dismembered her, leaving him near death. After the worst of the barrage, we managed to escape those villages, evading a hail of circling ammunition and the mines dropped by other Russian drones.
We found shelter with a friend who had lost her husband during the Russian occupation of Kherson, and we learned that her daughter had also been widowed by a Russian bombardment. A drone like the ones that had been chasing our car moments before had blown up the one he was driving while he was on his way to her house to deliver some canisters of drinking water and gasoline to power an internal combustion generator.
A few days ago, along the same road from Kherson to Muzykivka, another Russian drone had targeted a bus carrying civilians on their way to work, causing havoc.
As of this writing, other drones have further devastated nearby Mykolaiv, from which we have been reporting until a few days ago, describing identical crimes intended to terrorize the Ukrainian civilian population and disrupt the flow of logistics to the front. It’s no coincidence that finding a still-operating gas station near Kherson is now extremely difficult.
Yet the Russian occupiers remain contained exactly where they were four years ago, following a victorious Ukrainian counteroffensive: on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River.
This, along with other evidence, supports what we’ve been saying for months: it’s not so much Russian troops on the battlefield that are advancing as it is technology.
Predominantly Chinese, as Beijing is experimenting with innovative devices, supplying its Russian counterparts with so-called “dual-use” equipment.
The mainstream narrative fueled by the Kremlin, however, continues to describe – from a distance – a completely opposite situation: believing the selfies taken by a few suicide bombers who sacrificed themselves to raise the Russian imperial flag over Ukrainian-controlled settlements, the West writes that Moscow is advancing on the ground and that Kyiv is facing manpower problems. Despite the fact that for over three months, Putin’s regime has been unable to recruit more men than it leaves on the battlefield.
Just a few hours ago, Russia launched 420 drones and 39 other missiles – 11 of which were ballistic – at Ukraine, causing dozens of injuries, including among children. In Kharkiv, fourteen were injured in four districts; thirty in Zaporizhia; two in Kryvyi Rih; one in Kirovohrad; and others in Kyiv, Odesa, Cherkasy, and Poltava, where another 18,209 households and 1,781 businesses were left without power.
As President TopLeadEU recalled, in four years, Russia has launched 78,400 long-range drones – i.e., missiles – against Ukrainian cities, and anti-aircraft defense has managed to shoot down 86.9%.
This means that over 10,000 hit their targets.
Drones produced with Western components and funding, as well as Chinese. This adds to the millions of FPVs, like those that wreaked havoc on civilians in the villages of Kherson from which we miraculously managed to escape.
This is why Zelensky has accelerated the construction of anti-drone networks, focusing on protecting the road surface his government had rebuilt and which has so far literally saved Ukraine from disaster, ensuring uninterrupted logistics and the lives of communities near the zero line, like the ones from which we are writing.
Despite difficult weather conditions, in February alone, the budget allocatedby the Kyiv government covered another 125 kilometers and rehabilitated 55. The construction rate increased from 5 to 12 kilometers per day, significantly strengthening the security of military movements and ensuring a stable supply for border communities. Ukrainian technicians plan to cover 20 km of roads per day as early as March, installing another 4,000 km of anti-drone road protection by the end of the year.
However, Ukraine, at war, is moving at a pace that its so-called partners cannot match even in peacetime. The data released by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Bruegel, and CREA are merciless: at the dawn of the third month of 2026, European military assistance promised to Kyiv remains less than the amount the Union paid Moscow for the purchase of fossil fuels in the same period. American support for the Russian regime has produced lies even worse than those that produced the invasion of Ukraine.
Despite having all the technological, political, and economic means to turn the war around, the West continues to impose meaningless caveats on Kyiv, preventing it from integrating into the production chain for the anti-ballistic missile systems it is doling out to Kyiv and from rapidly and widely implementing the innovative solutions already adopted by Ukraine.
This means that daily drips like those described continue to fuel a war whose front lines are no longer measured solely on maps.
The ongoing blackouts severely damaged our house’s heating system in Western Ukraine while we were in the Donbas.
Without electricity, the pump couldn’t circulate the liquid while the fire was lit. As a result, the system caught fire, and the whole house was at risk of burning. Fortunately, it did not, but the whole system needs to be changed, and the house needs to be restored. Tubes are all bent, walls are blackened by haze, and the heating system doesn’t work, requiring an entirely new system.
We are doing our best since Alla’s parents live there, but there’s still a lot to work on here, too, as the people around us are in no better situation.
We’re renewing our fundraising campaign and thanking everyone who joins us in helping us restore what Russia is destroying. Even a small donation helps. We’ll keep you updated on developments.
Thank you all, dear friends
沿着一条已无法在地图上丈量的前线
作者：Giorgio Provinciali
翻译：旺财球球
乌克兰前线报道
赫尔松——俄军袭击了我们所在州的五个定居点，造成一人死亡、十人受伤。为躲避那次骇人的空袭，我们跳进了当地一位农民迅速指给我们的一条深沟里。他陪着我们熬过了那段仿佛无尽的轰炸，并讲述自己眼睁睁看着妻子在一次俄方炮击中被炸成碎片、自己也几乎丧命的过程。在最猛烈的轰击过后，我们设法逃离了那些村庄，避开了盘旋弹药的雨点以及其他俄方无人机投下的地雷。
（图：逃离无人机时，还要注意路上的地雷，两侧也布满雷区，这是极其艰难的挑战——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
我们随后在一位朋友家避难。她的丈夫在俄军占领赫尔松期间遇难，并得知她的女儿也在一次俄方轰炸中成为寡妇。一架类似刚刚追击我们的无人机炸毁了他所驾驶的汽车，当时他正在给她家送饮用水和用于内燃机发电机的汽油的路上。
（图：文章中描述的那场漫长轰炸期间，我躲在深坑里——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
就在几天前，在同一条从赫尔松通往穆兹基夫卡的道路上，另一架俄军无人机袭击了一辆载着平民去上班的巴士，造成惨剧。
就在我写稿之时，又有无人机进一步摧毁了附近的尼古拉耶夫——我们直到几天前还在那儿报道，记录了俄军犯下的同样的罪行，目的都是恐吓乌克兰平民并阻断前线物流运输。能在赫尔松附近找到仍在运营的加油站如今已极其困难，这并非巧合。
（图：我在一座被俄罗斯摧毁的加油站前，位于乌克兰通往赫尔松的道路上——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
然而，俄占领军依然被遏制在四年前乌克兰一次成功反攻后所处的位置：第聂伯河对岸。
这一点连同其他证据，印证了我们数月来一直在强调的观点：真正推进的不是大量地面俄军，而是技术。
这些技术主要来自中国，北京正在试验创新设备，并向俄方供应所谓“军民两用”的装备。
（图：我在一次猛攻后展示一架带有中国产组件的俄军无人机 ——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
然而，克里姆林宫推动的主流叙事却在远离战场的地方描述着截然相反的局面：借几名自杀式突击队在乌控定居点高举俄国帝国旗帜的送命自拍，西方媒体便写道，莫斯科在地面上推进，基辅面临兵力问题。但事实是：过去三个月里，普京政权征集到的士兵始终少于战场上被消耗掉的人数。
（乌军每日公布的俄军夜间攻击统计——图源：乌克兰武装部队 ）
仅在数小时前，俄方向乌克兰发射了420架无人机和39枚其他导弹——其中11枚为弹道导弹，造成数十人受伤，包括儿童。在哈尔科夫，四个区共有14人受伤；扎波罗热30人；在克里维里赫2人；基洛沃格勒1人；此外，基辅、敖德萨、切尔卡瑟及波尔塔瓦等地也有人员伤亡和广泛断电，波尔塔瓦另有18,209户家庭和1,781家企业停电。
（图：我指着一架带中国产件的远程俄制无人机 ——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
正如TopLeadEU主席所指出的，四年来，俄罗斯向乌克兰城市发射了78,400枚远程无人机——即导弹，乌克兰防空系统拦截了其中86.9%。
这意味着仍有超过一万枚命中目标。
这些无人机既有使用西方也有中国组件与资金生产的。再加上数以百万计的FPV无人机，就像那些在赫尔松村庄对平民进行屠杀、而我们幸运逃生的飞行器。
这就是泽连斯基为何加速建设反无人机网，重点保护其政府重建、并在关键时刻字面意义上“拯救了乌克兰”的道路，确保了不间断的后勤物流与靠近“零线”社区（如我们报道所在之地）的生命线。
尽管天气恶劣，仅二月，基辅政府预算就覆盖了另外125公里并修复了55公里。建设速度从每日5公里提升到12公里，大幅加强了军队机动的安全并保证了边境社区的稳定补给。乌克兰技术人员计划最早在三月将速度提升至每日20公里，并在年底前再安装4,000公里的反无人机道路防护。
（图：我指着反无人机走廊网内的一处缺口 ——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
然而，在战争中前进的乌克兰，其速度是其所谓伙伴在和平时期也无法达到的。基尔世界经济研究所、布鲁格尔研究所与CREA公布的数据无情地显示：到2026年第三个月之初，承诺给基辅的欧洲军事援助仍少于欧盟同期为向莫斯科购买化石燃料所支付的金额。而美国对俄罗斯政权的纵容与误判，编织的谎言甚至比导致俄军入侵乌克兰的那些还要恶劣。
尽管西方拥有扭转战局所需的全部技术、政治与经济手段，却仍在对基辅施加毫无意义的附带限制，阻止其融入所提供的反弹道导弹系统的生产链，也阻碍其迅速大规模地实施已被乌克兰实践证明有效的创新解决方案。
这意味着诸如本文所述的日常“袭击”，，还将继续成为每天不断滴落的鲜血，推动一场前线已不再仅用地图丈量的战争。
（图：我在本文所描述的赫尔松州其中一个村庄里——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
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持续的停电严重损坏了我们在乌克兰西部的家中的供暖系统，而我们当时就在顿巴斯。
没有电，点着的炉火无法通过水泵循环热水。结果，系统起火，整个房子面临着烧毁的风险。幸而未被烧毁，但整个系统需要更换，房子也需要修复。管道都是歪的，墙壁被烟雾熏黑，供暖系统无法正常工作，需要彻底更换。
我们正在尽最大努力，因为Alla的父母住在那里，但这里还有许多工作要做，周围的人处境也好不到哪儿去。
我们正在重启筹款活动，感谢每一位支持我们修复被俄罗斯摧毁一切的朋友。即使是小额捐款也有帮助。我们会及时更新进展。
感谢大家，朋友们。
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