Defense in full environment: National Guard told how three weeks reflected attacks (video)

In the end, they managed to repel the attack of the assault detachment of the enemy, consisting of tanks, armored vehicles and a whole platoon of the landing. Ukrainian defenders told this in an interview with Yuri Butusov. During the 67 days, the defense of the stronghold near the village of Spirne near Siversky was led by a group of battalion "Svoboda" of the 4th Brigade of the National Guard "Rubizh". Senior lieutenant Vladislav Stotsky commanded a platoon.

In his 25 years, he was in the post of deputy commander of the company from work with personnel, who did not involve participation in the battles directly on the forefront. However, Vladislav asked the platoon commanders to fight in the first rows, inspiring fighters with a personal example. As it turned out, most of his subordinates had no military experience until 2022, but showed a high morale and fully trusted her commanders.

This allowed the group to successfully resist massive attacks, even in isolation. According to the lieutenant, the situation was deteriorating in the Seversky direction, and the neighboring units were forced to retreat. However, the Freedom Battalion was ordered to hold positions at all costs. The defense of the Pincher stronghold was conducted using the tactics of hidden stay in the territory - the soldiers hid in small armor and went to the surface only for fighting.

Support was provided by drones and firearms of Svoboda battalion, as well as units of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces. This interaction made it possible to effectively reflect the enemy attacks. Stotsky told about a decisive fight with the enemy. On September 16, the Russian assault detachment attacked the position with two tanks, two MTLB and BMP with a landing.

At the same time, there were three light grenade launchers that are not intended for heavy equipment, such as tanks, and anti -personnel weapons. "I am told," Pincher "meet, you have a tank for 9 hours, a distance of 10 meters. I punch from a hole, I am given" Attack "(anti-tank mine AT-2-ed. Ed. I think it can throw an anti -cumulative grate. The lieutenant confessed that if there was a hit, then the Russians would calculate the position and destroy it with a shot of the tank.

But as a result, hostile technique began to strike drones. The enemy managed to land the infantry near the support, after which a shooting battle was tied. Despite the numerical advantage of the enemy, the soldiers managed to repel the attack, destroying the assault detachment. However, one of the fighters - Alexander Khomyak - died during the fighting. After the task, Vladislav Stotsky and six survivors, by order of the command, broke through the environment.