they were in such a bad situation, the tank does not work, does not go , does not go forward, does not go back, the second tank is also stalled and cannot do anything, they just sat in the tank at us, hit the artillery, konstantin, the company commander of the tank battalion, joined the brigade in 2020 year, i was already sitting in the tank, took off the mufflers and said, like, well, that’s it , we’ll stay here, we had no hope, we calculated the time when the projectile would arrive, well... between the exit and arrival or between arrivals 10-15 seconds were needed to drop combat vehicles and remove shelter in nearby landing, and there was also a peculiarity , because if you had to communicate with your crew, that is, everyone was silent, everyone was in a daze, as well as the neighboring tank, they were sitting, they were very frightened, i saw their eyes when i tried somehow empty the tank to see... their condition, how to cheer them up

, that is, i had constant contact, i talked with them, if i gave them hope that now we will run, evacuate, and everything will be fine, what kind of thought, for what you held on, which gave you the strength not to lose your mind and to support others, well, this is such a very difficult question, because i motivated myself so that no one would help me except me, that is, i had to take everything into my own hands and arrange everything, that is, the implementation of evacuation, relocation, that is yes, and i could not show my weakness in front of the personnel , because it would have been much worse for them, they always look at the commander, and the commander must support them, set them up, and the next day we managed to destroy somewhere around two or three military units equipment, plus we destroyed the boat, which performed the task from... to the river, and by the end

of the next day, the enemy had exhausted all his attempts to force his hands, and that was the end of the story. the enemy's next attempt was a few days later, it was already the famous crossing at beilohorivka, the enemy was already there... much more military equipment, manpower was used, well, it was already the second attempt, few people know about the first attempt in the village of dronivka, it not much, of course, because there were much fewer units of ours, specifically for repulse and destruction of that seasoning. after the battles in donetsk region and a short recovery, the 30th brigade was transferred to the izyum direction, which was very hot in the summer. well, there were tank battles

, there were just up to 10 tanks coming out of different landings and they were just shooting at our positions with direct fire, well, we destroyed quite a lot of tanks there, and well, what i did not expect , again, there were about nine or so tanks, well, this is 70-90 night tanks shot. my best work, i consider it the best, is a heavy russian in the kharkiv direction t-90 tank, they have very few of them, they cost a lot, there were very few of them in ukraine, and i burned one of them, and what is special about this tank, and what about him? very strong armor

, it has very strong protection against anti-tank weapons, and well, it is considered almost invulnerable, i did not burn it, i inflicted critical damage on it, but there was no explosion as such, it was on this tank, as i was told later, that 11 rpgs were fired, that is, they could not destroy it with ordinary hand-held anti-tank weapons, we were called on the alarm, we saw it, it was very... the hot temperature was very high and then he worked on our positions, turned back, took the infantry with him and with the infantry he was supposed to lead this infantry already to our positions, that is, they were to storm our positions, and when i attacked, when i hit him, all this infantry was blown away by the wind, they flowed, of course, without the support of equipment, they didn't go anywhere and that's all, that is, the offensive was choked, so i'm a hero.

well, yes, other guys from the anti-tank division came to us and our guys did tricks, we went out, it wasn't that many component of the enemy's infantry, how many tanks were there, and what did you do to him? artillery is not a sniper rifle, you see, it doesn't hit right there in the meter where you have to get, and you... you will get 5 m from the tank , it doesn't matter to him, and we simply destroyed them with campturs, javelins, for ambushes they did, they let them get closer and then they shot down a goose there, well, again, the infantry did all the work, there is, please, there is a tree,

a dance. actively carried out offensive actions there, fifa techniques were held. at the end of august 2022, the brigade received a combat mission to carrying out offensive actions in the direction of the city of izyum, this is how the legendary counteroffensive began. the task of the brigade was to take control of the southern outskirts of the city. i heard the command that all vehicles should be visible to the firing position, be fully equipped with ammunition, provisions, fuel, and be ready to work on the targets, when we moved to the position in the morning, aimed at the targets

, we opened massed fire on the enemy, our infantry vehicles began the offensive, i already understood that we were starting to move forward, by the end of the day we had changed the fire line position moved closer, that is, i realized after that that ours were able to advance in this direction, and the last, the last target that i received was the enemy column, which was already trying to escape from the big fire, that is, we opened fire on it, did not let them to get out, some of them still broke through, but most of them remained there together with the equipment. after that, we already entered the settlements, saw for ourselves what the occupying troops of the so-called russian federation had done.

no one really expected that they would leave place, well, no one even told us about it, what was being prepared there, yes, it was directly proved at the very last moment, these are measures that were introduced by the enemy, everyone spoke for kherson, and this whole thing went down, and everything was very banally, the enemy did not expect it, the conditions were not created. where the enemy could predict that it would be an offensive, because it was not a build-up there, a direct build-up in force, it was just that the guys regrouped and went to the front and began to break through in all directions, and there were cases when the battalions drove and saw how

their artillery is deploying, well, the artillery thinks that we are still ahead somewhere, but we are already close by and shot the visa artillery like that. the enemy simply abandoned everything, there equipment, positions, they simply ran away, because their north broke through them, and they understood that they would now be surrounded and they... abandoned everything, he fled, but he did, but the key the task is to hold, because if we had not held, the enemy would have carried out these offensive actions, and such opportunities would not have been created when we could go into

counter attack i have already heard from your brothers that it is very important for infantrymen. to set foot on the land that they report, do you remember those feelings when you first found yourself in the de-occupied territories? yes , of course, the first place i went to, when we returned from izyum, because we stopped in izyum, traveled around these de-occupied cities, talked with people. ruslan kot, the company commander, joined the brigade after the full-scale invasion. when we returned to where we hosted the battles.

well, we also made a significant contribution to this offensive, sometimes, well, it’s a shame to say, well, there is such a rumor that we took part in this particular offensive, because it was he who went down in history, when an offensive is not usually conducted by superior forces, and we were able to dislodge the enemy with much smaller forces , defeated and after which we also received a large number of trophies, what we... received trophies is a large number of 152 caliber ammunition, which is in short supply for us, we were able to

effectively obtain and use all of them, that is, back at the enemy, already on in the direction of bakhmut, we shot at them with a so-called sled, a so-called lendlease, that is, it was in doubles, it is more pleasant to work with them, we found two t-72 tanks, the newest tanks of the armed forces of the russian federation. well, plus other units of our battalion also found military equipment in the same way . 72, which has the latest weapons, has thermal imaging equipment, which help during firing in... we use this to this day, that is, the tanks go out and at night inflict damage

on the enemy, somehow it helped us. after the counteroffensive in september 22, the brigade made a 150-kilometer march from barvinkovo ​​to the city of bakhmut to perform tasks in this direction. when i saw the brigade, the brigade was occupying a strip south of the outskirts of bakhmut, that is, it was on the defensive. against us was the opponent of wagner's pmc, that is , it was very difficult, because they carried out assault actions both during the day and at night, they chose tactics of night operations, or during very bad weather, when, let's say, we could not fully use our air reconnaissance means, the work was in groups of 10-15 men, the task was to get to

the trench at any cost, they did not losses were counted, let's say this, the assaults were avalanche after avalanche, that is, there was not even one, there was no opportunity for rest among the personnel of the armed forces of ukraine, after the end of one assault, an assault by another group immediately began, there was a flood of prisoners, they are about... problems with a staff, so to speak, the special contingent did not have as much as they needed, 100 men were lost per day, 100 men were brought to them the next morning, 2s3 makia, this self-propelled artillery installation was actively used every day, sometimes releasing 100 or 200 shells a day. because the enemy continued the assault from the very morning until the evening, such

self-propelled artillery vehicles helped the offensive to take place, the ammunition was about one to five, that is , they responded to us with another one with five to six ammunition, accuracy was behind us, that is, we constantly accurate from them worked out, that is, every projectile fell near the enemy, approximately what i know from... at the moment, what has been confirmed for sure is the destruction of up to five or six mortar settlements together with mortars, with ammunition and with calculations, as well as until 20-30. groups of so-called wagnerites, this is what was destroyed on bakhmut, this is what has only been confirmed, how much we still worked out and could not detect in the so-called rush battle, it is no longer possible to count, but what we saw, the fields were strewn corpses of the russian occupation troops, that is, they suffered a lot great losses, and we saw our work and

it really lifts our spirits, this installation, in which battles everyone took part, i have in... five such machines, each of them took part in all theaters of hostilities, in us there are also four cannons with names, that is, we have four fallen comrades, each of them had his own call sign on the receivers, on the barrels, each of them has his own call sign, that is, these guns carry punishment for the enemy and retribution for our fallen brothers. tell me about the idea behind this wall, i know you were one of the the initiator, the initiators of the creation of such a wall, that's what the idea was, it was to honor the memory of those who died in ilovaisk, when there were the most

losses. by the 23rd year, by the 22nd year, the ukrainian army suffered this, on august 29th, the events in ilovaisk, in the andreysk church, we simply made a banner with those who died in ilovaisk, and people began to put lamps, carry flowers, then the idea arose with pavel netyosov, an employee of the ministry of defense museum, to do it himself... here, why here, because this is the place, it is significant for ukrainians, because at the beginning of the 14th year, it was maidan activists, volunteers, all funerals, some humanitarian events, they took place on the territory of the monastery, and for many, this place is very symbolic, and then the mykhailo monastery and the archangel

michael, they are the patron of the ukrainian army, and they did it right here, because... it is supposedly at the entrance to the church, because many guys are not faithful to the orthodox church, some of them are atheists, some are evangelists, roman catholics, buddhists, that is, different religions, and therefore it is as if you are on the threshold of the temple, and this also about religious freedom and religious tolerance and respect for the religious views of any person. of course, this is a temporary project, so that after the end of the war, after our victory, it will be some kind of architectural competition, it will be something else, money for a wall of memory were simply collected by volunteers , people, families, the dead servicemen themselves, and in fact, whoever is there, not to say, i understand that in honor, and for people to see what is the price of peace in kyiv,

who are these guys, they should be now, we we can be wrong there. i don't know anyone put, but those we know must be put immediately, we don't have such losses as the enemy, and we remember, it's important for us, it's humanity, honoring, it's very important.

now we are on our way to donetsk region, the 30th brigade has returned after recovery to the bakhmut direction and continues to hold the defense there, brutality continues there. it will be quite dangerous to shoot yours, but we will try to convey at least a little of how it happens.

let them remember who came to our land with a sword, and the foot died, there is a red mountain, which is already. purchased by the armed forces of the russian federation, there is already a large number of enemy manpower there, and the command was based on it. in our direction , the situation is now a little very tense, due to the fact that the enemy constantly continues assault actions in our direction, he storms both during the day and at night, that is, there is not even a break in it , a very large number of personnel is throwing in these directions, yes... noisy actions, and if we constantly have to work, we sleep little, we eat little, we work constantly, now this

crew that just completed the task the introduction of fire from closed fire positions has already received the task of direct fire, that is , he is already moving to the firing line and will already directly observe his observation devices of the enemy and destroy his fire with fire. direct fire, direct fire is different there, let's say adrenaline, that is, a different situation, at any moment the enemy can appear from any corner and hit a tank, well , very, very interesting, i am glad that i am a tank operator, that i chose a profession, this the iron fist of the armed forces of ukraine, the brush is the elite, it is mine opinion. bakhmut is a direct line, they always talked about it, yes, that they want

to take it back, and it is actually the bakhmut direction and in the 14-15th year it was so active, and the enemy was constantly trying to advance there, as he debaltsevo took , and it can be said such a s... and a fortress of the front edge, which, on which the enemy uses only the best units, the most prepared, the most well-equipped personnel, more ammunition, and well , it is important for our brigade, it happened in 2015 , when we held the sacrificial arc, and then in later we were there three times on rotation, we stood there. and again, the beginning of a full-scale invasion in that direction, the most we've been in that direction, and that's probably why it's important,

because you know all the streets, everything that 's there, you know all the roads, you know all fields, you know the terrain itself perfectly, you can draw a map for what. well, the guys are holding on, they know why they are holding on, they are there, they are waiting for them at home, they know that if we don't stay here, they will reach home from any part of the country, so you have to stand until the end and everyone understands that, so far it was the most difficult here , i have seen this for the first time, i have been in the war for the 14th year, and that is the same as this one, so that they just went to... well, it’s more than anything that

they are stabbed there, well, i don’t understand, it doesn’t fit in my head, how can you just go, yes, that is , there was a landing, it turns out like this, they just went along the landing in our goiter and another landing on the side , we simply beat them to the ground with a barrage of fire, we launched a group towards us, that is, they thought that we were running there, they they went there, shouted, we will cut. ahmed tsila and so on, that is, we let them in as much as possible, we block the road with one cube launcher so that they do not go back, one in their forehead, just like that, well, that is, we just enter from the side with two more rpgs, that is, we have worked out that's all, well, there's no group , and it's so stupid, three or four groups per day, that is, even more, there are 10-12 people in a group, we were in zaitsev, that is , when they took the ring from us, they tried to take it, yes, they are. they stormed there at night it was the element that was climbing and when even well, that is, i actually heard it, that there is shouting 300, i am 300, 300 , 300, this type of wounded person is walking from behind, just like

their, well, the senior there, i don't know. how are the leaders of the group or who can you go to battle next? he says no, he just sent everything out, there is no silence, well, there is no one there, yes, well , they are shooting, like, and everything, like, and forward now in donetsk region, that is, in the donetsk direction, enemy equipment almost does not appear, or appears there , where they believe that they will not be caught, because they understand, they just left, they are no longer there, and this is primarily the merit of the javelin installation, and... well, our anti-tank weapons, well, we are everywhere, we are on our land, we can emerge from the ground, make successful launches and dive again where we are not and will never be again, but they here are foreigners, they come here, and they don't understand it, but at the moment they use people, not equipment, because they understand their equipment , first of all, there is very little left, and this is one of the very great advantages of our

anti-tank weapons, and with otherwise... they understand the sides where they will appear, even not waiting for us to attack they'll still be impressed cause we can do it we can do it fire say fire hard work shot in the ass go there come on come on come on come on bro come on , runner, yes, bahmut, this is the funnest point. andriy, the anti-tank gunner, out of all the ones who were there, it’s more fun here, there’s someone to shoot at, recklessly, you can work calmly, a mistake, i didn’t tighten it up, got up in the morning, drank coffee, took the installation, loaded it, went to the position, deployed, we conduct observations from identifying targets, target discovered, the launch is underway, well, we will not destroy it...

well, basically all the hits are lower, lower, lower, there are, it happened that one rocket fell during the entire time that we were working, everything is so great, it flies, we are satisfied, wagner in shock, yes, it was a good feuerberg, already seven months after the full-scale invasion. the 30th brigade, together with other units of the defense forces, hold the direction of bakhmut. after living with the brigade for several weeks, we realized that their symbols are not just a wrapper. we saw people united precisely by values, people who consciously and every day defend their choice and are ready to fight for it to the last.

what, for example, is the difference between the 30th brigade and when the 30th brigade enters some positions, it is always neat and clean, even if you come to some forest there, they collect cigarette butts in a jar anyway, that is, it is not littered there, it is clean, wherever they are no matter what position they were in, there was always a bathhouse or a shower or something, and the bathhouse itself was hot here. the boys will undress, they will wash themselves, they will toast , they can have a steam, we have the most delicious food there, you will be treated to it by the people who serve, most of them there zhytomyr, volhynia, there is central ukraine, and that’s what i call people from the land

there, for example, there is a battle there, and the officer is there, next to him is a book about how he will plant a nut garden, and he dreams about it, and he studies there, which seedlings should be bought there for that , so that there would be more harvest, i will say that in our country there are still such people who ask themselves to leave for battle, there are such people, but why don’t we leave, well, let us leave, let us shoot, and this is especially the direction of bakhmut, there is... rex, there is even a little more rex than me, i just the first who felt all this on his skin, and they already now, when the so-called anti-terrorist operation began in the 14th year, the brigade of one of the first to go on combat missions, i was only 14 years old, i was not yet fully aware of all this , but i saw and followed the news, constantly saw about constant fighting, and saw.