Ukraine's Unsung Heroes: Stories from the Front Lines of the Ukraine-Russia War

Scripps News' Jason Bellini highlights Ukraine's unsung heroes: the men and women on the front lines and in the skies defending their home base in the Ukraine-Russia war.

A long-awaited counteroffensive could turn the tide of the war, but its success depends on the courage and ingenuity of Ukraine's citizen soldiers. These are their stories: pilots who hug the land and pray for F-16s; a sister who lost her brother and followed his footsteps into war; and an infantryman chronicling life on the zero line with a GoPro on his helmet and a cell phone camera , knowing his own life could be cut short in an instant.