Apparently this video is from right inside Debaltsevo with the NAF. I believe that the NAF may have taken half the city right now. Certainly they have taken the northeastern corner of the city.
This is in the middle of one of the most insane mortar battles I have ever heard. At one point, a mortar lands very close. It could not be more than 50 feet away. The reporter freaks out, but the NAF guys are completely unperturbed.
I am almost certain that those sounds are the sounds of mortar rounds.
First: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeuwwwwwwwwwwww.
Then a bit later: CRASH of an explosion are the sounds of mortars.
The initial whistling sound seems to be made on launch of the mortar. The whistling fades about halfway through the mortar’s journey, perhaps on its downward descent. Then a bit later, you hear the CRASH.
That sound is creepy as Hell and the mortars sound almost cartoonish. When you figure out that that ridiculous cartoon sound is actually the sound of death itself aiming right at your head a few times a minute, that is when the true horror sets in.
I heard at least 15 mortar rounds explode in a 1 1/2 minute or 90 second video. That means one mortar round blowing up every 6 seconds, or 10 mortar rounds exploding every minute. I don’t see how humans live through such bombardments.