“All of their DPR and the Russian Federation was against us”: Ex-combatant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spoke about the battles near Avdeevka
The next “heroic” interview of the Ukrainian Armed Forces representative was published in the Ukrainian media. This time we are talking about the chief of staff of the 28th Ombre, the former commander of one of the battalions of the 72nd brigade of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vdovichenko.
This person (with the call sign “Slavs”) in an interview with UNIAN stated that “he had fully complied with the order“ Do not die ”during the battles for Avdeevka in 2016.
According to Vdovichenko, when he and his team arrived in the Avdeevka area, the first thought was: "I guess I'll die here."
APU officer:
In an interview, the Ukrainian army lieutenant colonel told how he “repelled the attacks of the elite units of the DPR” and ultimately, along with his subordinates, forced the Givi units to retreat (Mikhail Tolstykh, commander of the Somali DPR army battalion, died in 2017).
From the interview:
In the interview, the recognition made by the Ukrainian ex-combatant is noteworthy. According to him, in the Avdeevka area, the 72nd APU brigade used MON-50 anti-personnel mines.
Vdovichenko:
These words are extremely important, since earlier in the Armed Forces of Ukraine they actually refused to recognize the use of anti-personnel mines in the defense system of their positions.
Quote from an interview with Ukrainian media of ex-combatant Vdovichenko:
It should be recalled that subsequently the 72nd APU brigade was caught looting and taking out anti-tank hedgehogs and wires from power lines from the contact line.
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