Recently, the founder of Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, complained about the flight of soldiers from the 72nd brigade of the occupying army. However, his complaints turned out to be half true.
Not all invaders were able to escape. This was stated by the commander of the Azov tactical group, which is part of the 3rd separate assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Andrei Biletsky.
Interesting The actual defeat: a military observer spoke about the brigade, the escape of which Prigozhin complained about
Not all occupiers from the 72nd brigade were able to escape
Ukrainian defenders captured soldiers of the 72nd brigade of the Russian army near Bakhmut. On May 10, Andriy Biletsky published the corresponding video.
On it you can see how the commander of the Azov tactical group is talking to five occupiers. The Russians say that they did not see a bad attitude from the defenders of Ukraine in captivity.
Prigozhin claims that the 72nd brigade fled. As you can see, not all
– said Biletsky.
Watch the video with captured soldiers of the 72nd brigade of the Russian army
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The defeat of the 72 brigade of the Russian army: briefly
- On May 9, Prigozhin once again began to hysteria because of the catastrophic situation in Bakhmut for the Russian troops. In particular, he reported on the flight from the flanks of one of the units of the 72nd brigade of the Russian Defense Ministry. Like, because of their actions, a front almost 2 kilometers wide and 500 meters deep was exposed.
- The leader of the PMC “Wagner” assured that the invaders managed to block this sector of the front somehow. However, this resulted in the death of about 500 of his mercenaries.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed Prigozhin’s words, reporting the flight of 72 separate motorized rifle brigade of the Russian armed forces from Bakhmut and 500 corpses of Russians remaining there.
- Later, Andrei Biletsky told the details of the defeat of the invaders. According to him, the Ukrainian defenders completely destroyed the 6th and 8th companies of the 72nd brigade of the occupying army. Also, the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine defeated brigade reconnaissance and incinerated a large amount of equipment.
- The military of the 2nd assault battalion of the 3rd assault brigade showed how they attacked enemy positions near Bakhmut, where units of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade of Russia were located.
2023-05-11 00:03:33
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