An archive video of the last battle of the crew and troops of the Russian BMP-2M during the withdrawal from the Kharkov direction appeared
During the September withdrawal of Russian troops from the Kharkov direction, part of the units from the rearguard found themselves surrounded; sometimes it was necessary to break through to the main forces several times. Archival video materials about those battles posted by the enemy appeared on the network.
The first video shows a BMP-2M of the RF Armed Forces in the village of Petropavlovka, east of Kupyansk. As a result of enemy fire, the car lost its course, but the crew did not leave it and took their last battle. The infantry fighting vehicles were fired from RPGs, artillery, drones shock filling was dropped. But the crew to the last fought with enemy forces.
At the beginning of the second video, it is indicated that the BMP-2M from previous frames is on the left. American mercenaries, along with Ukrainian militants, surround the building, in which the landing force dismounted from the padded car took refuge. The enemy entered through the doorway, some of the shooters were placed in an unoccupied room, but received a harsh rebuff. Russian fighters began to fire from window openings, pressing the mercenaries against the wall, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine opened fire in return.
The militants concentrated on shelling the building through the windows, firing from small arms. weapons, RPG-7 and throwing grenades into the premises.
- says the description for the video.
If the mercenaries fired successfully, then it is not clear why they eventually brought in a tank that smashed the building. As stated, as a result of the battle, all Russian fighters died, taking an unequal battle. Their losses are not reported, only two seriously wounded Americans are mentioned. There is no mention of the damage inflicted on the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit at all - the lives of Ukrainian soldiers are indifferent to the mercenaries.
As reported on the Russian Spring TV channel, having met with fierce resistance, the American mercenaries requested negotiations. When one of the Russian fighters came out to them, he was shot, after which the battle continued, as a result of which all the defenders died, taking with them the lives of two mercenaries from the United States and an unknown number of Ukrainian soldiers.
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