Armed Forces counter -offensive: Command allows soldiers to liberate their hometown from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - NYT

"It is much better for the brigade to have people who know the terrain so that the commanders allow the fight in the direction of the house," said Lieutenant Colonel of the Armed Forces named Dmitry. According to journalists, Dmitry is the deputy commander of the 36th Marine Corps Brigade, and his family is still in the occupied city of Kherson region. "I want to see my parents, the sooner the better," he said.

Many servicemen who spoke to the journalists said they would like to return to the cities from where they were running away, but this time in military uniform and with weapons in their hands. "If I need five years to see my home, it's okay, I'm not in a hurry," said the Ordinary Armed Forces named Eugene. The publication writes that Yevgeny has a special motivation to release Berdyansk of Zaporizhzhya region. "I can make decisions faster because I know all the rivers.

Which will dry in the summer and what not," he said. Vladislav, a 28-year-old farmer who left his village in the Zaporozhye region in the early days of the invasion that he could simply kill the Russians if he had not left. He asked himself to take part in the counter -offensive. "I miss my mother's food. She makes dumplings with potatoes and cabbage," he said.

23-year-old Alexander, who is born of Bakhmut, said that it is important for all those who are fighting for all those who once had their homes. "Just remember how well you were in your city. Remember this feeling that they took you," he said. 43-year-old Leonid from Mariupol said he had helped the wounded in the hospital every day until she was fired by Russian troops. He told how he came out through the surroundings of the Armed Forces in his white medical robe, splashed.

After leaving the occupied territory, he entered the military doctor in the 36th Marine Infantry Brigade and asked for the front near his hometown. "I always imagine that I will go to Mariupol in shape and with a automatic machine. My family will see that I was fighting for them all this time," he said.

We will remind that the General of the Armed Forces Alexander Tarnavsky stated that the forces of defense had carried out a successful operation, which resulted in the elimination of more than two military units of Russian invaders in the Tavriya direction. In addition, Podolyak listed the necessary Armed Forces for counter -offensive.