Exit from Village: Five Important Questions About Leaving the City of the Armed Forces

Why was the coal left, could it be done differently what the consequences would have? These and other important issues related to the heroic city are disassembled by military correspondent Yuri Butusov. 1. The values ​​of the coal. The defense of the carbon is a real feat of Ukrainian soldiers, who had caused two times higher than ours for two and a half years by the rural and reflected two major offenses in the 22nd and 23rd years.

The city had a key position for controlling the southern flank of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass, it was an extremely advantageous position, a dominant height, a tightly built, which gave the best radio -horizons for drones and fire positions for all types of weapons. 2. Consequences. The coal was profitable to keep. The loss of coal is a defeat that will have serious strategic consequences. An important fortified area with a large number of positions and mine fields is lost.

After that, the enemy will "roll" the front and step on the Greater Novosilka from the east and to the curakhov from the south, and there are no such convenient defense border. In fact, it is necessary to create a new defense border immediately to cover the borders of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhya regions from the East. 3.

When it was necessary to leave the carbon, was the order time and what losses were suffered by our warriors? The only highway to the city of Coal -Bogovalenko was taken under the fire control of the enemy on September 24, the invaders came out at a distance of 1400 meters to the road. At this point, the command of the OTU "Donetsk" (Colonel Lutsenko) should give an order for the planned organized departure of troops from the city, since there was no power to unblock the city.

On September 26, the enemy has completely closed the possibility of arrival to the city. And yet, the command of the OTU did not give timely order for departure, but continued to demand "hold on". On the night of September 30, on October 1, the command of the 72nd brigade on its own responsibility made the recent cover units due to the impossibility of further defense, which was carried out with losses due to the dense fire of the enemy.

In the last four days of defense of the coal, the 72nd OMBR lost in the city and on the route of approximately 30 (thirty) servicemen missing. At one of the positions, the Russians captured 5 servicemen whose names were not installed and shot them on the spot, it was recorded by our drone. 4. What are the causes of the loss of coal? 5. On the circumstances of the death of the 186th battalion of the three 123rd Troy Igor Grib Brigade.

I collect information, communicate with the soldiers of the 123rd Brigade TRO. In the near future, I will write both about the circumstances of the death of the mushroom, and on the actions of the 123rd Troy brigade in the area of ​​Village, and on the adequacy of decisions for its use, control and organization of the brigade and consequences for the defense of the city. The author expresses a personal opinion that may not coincide with the editorial position.