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"There is shooting, cars are burning, armoured vehicles are burning... when we eventually passed... there were a lot of bodies."

They were marched away from the front to a Ukrainian armoured vehicle and taken as prisoners of war.

The movement of larger armoured vehicles could be quickly spotted by drones and destroyed, Col Mysnyk explained.

Israel has intensified its bombardment and built up armoured forces along the border despite growing international pressure to resume ceasefire talks and end its blockade.

Witnesses reported that Israeli armoured vehicles surrounded a school sheltering hundreds of displaced civilians.