crump

Just a few miles from Russian trenches in eastern Ukraine, the crump of incoming Russian artillery shells from howitzers, rockets and mortars last Friday was almost nonstop.

Ghost doesn't flinch at the crump of a shell landing nearby.

The hamlet was silent except for birdsong and the crump of artillery fire in the distance.

The crump of Ukrainian air defences could be heard in the distance as we were led into a basement, to be met with the sight of dozens of prisoners taking shelter from the Russian attack.

We hear the drills and the crump of the digger.