The machine gunner of a separate company of the FSB commandant’s office, who led the barrage detachment, spoke about his duties.
“We stood on the second line and didn’t let Sturm Z retreat” (special assault companies of the Russians. – “GORDON”). The order was to strike to kill during their retreat,” he said.
The second prisoner was in the assault squad and was afraid that he would be killed by his own on the second line, the report says. Therefore, he surrendered to the Ukrainian defenders.
“After arriving there, they didn’t explain anything, we were moved to the landing and told to hide right from the“ birds. ”This is a quadrocopter. In case of flight, we were told, detachments are standing behind … They shoot everyone who will run away,” the Russian said.
The practice of using barrage detachments by the Russians was also confirmed by an interception received by the SBU.
“We hold the defense tightly: all machine gunners, grenade launchers … mortars must be brought in. Mavic get everything up in the air. How did you receive it? [Отряд] Z you fully engage, at your disposal. They do not take a step back at all, only forward. If anything, it is allowed to “reset” you. Under my responsibility”– such an order, according to the SBU, was received by the commander of one of the detachments on the “hot” sector of the front.
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting a full-scale phase of the war. In fact, the Russian Federation unleashed a war against Ukraine in 2014, when, after the Revolution of Dignity, it illegally annexed Crimea and occupied part of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
Initially, according to the SBU, Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to seize Ukraine in a few days. But the blitzkrieg failed.
The morale of the Russians mobilized for the war against Ukraine is extremely low, most of them would take the opportunity to flee from the front line if there was one. This was announced on March 20 by the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Yusov. “They see the work of their own barrage detachments,” he said.
2023-06-12 14:39:27
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