shells

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Footage analysed by BBC Verify and online by GeoConfirmed open source analysts shows burned-out shells of container lorries and other military vehicles at multiple locations along a key route through southern Ukraine.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Artillery shells were left in the open and exposed to drones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

They are rugged concrete basins with shells fixed to vertical man-made walls.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Unlike animals with bones or shells, they leave behind very little physical evidence.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

It was also armed with a cannon, and behind the tower there was an antiaircraft gun, loaded with a magazine of ten shells.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple