to survive and knew perfectly well that if this did not happen, there could be problems at the front. the l-119 gun is not new for the armed forces, they have been using it for months, but this caliber of 105 mm gives the battalions new opportunities for firing. previously , the largest caliber was the 120 mm mortar, now there is this gun, which shoots significantly further and helps to support the infantry even more effectively. post. that is, well, it works off glory, and the projectile forms a lot of fragments in it, they gave a really high intensity, bc was enough at that time, and the range, we started to cover much more area, a shot, the boys traveled, studied on it separately, even abroad, underwent training. those who did not have time

to get there, already on the spot here take over the experience of our brothers. according to the characteristics and power of the projectile itself and the warhead, it is not inferior to the 122 mm projectile of the soviet model. just a self-propelled gun of such a soviet caliber - 122 mm, stands in a prepared position in the area of ​​​​bakhmut. calculations often happen just like that, in tense waiting, there is generally a lull there for a couple of days, and it happens, a couple of such days, normal, cheerful, yevhen went to the military in the first days of the full-scale war, but he did not get into the army right away, his brother managed to get injured during the offensive on kherson, and yevhen was still not called up , passed the commission, they said, wait on the phone, well, i waited, waited, waited almost a year.

and i got used to the crew, as well as to long shifts, the first days are incomprehensible, it 's fear, it's not clear what you're facing, where you 'll end up, what, then what, well, as usual, and then you get used to it. soviet artillery caliber 122, how is this 152 carnation, actively used from the first day of the russian full-scale invasion to this day, and what ... unites the past and this moment, is that

ammunition is always in short supply precisely in these calibers, and being here in this position , we constantly hear from the right and from the left the work of more active, more powerful artillery, presumably of the western model, while in some cases with soviet caliber shells you have to save, this does not mean that there is nothing to shoot at all, just that there are significantly more shells than shells, besides at any moment russian troops can... start another assault, then the scarce ammunition will be the most necessary, 155 mm caliber guns are gradually appearing in the armed forces, replacing the 152 mm caliber, with which there have actually been problems for a long time, but also for in order for the army to completely switch to the nato caliber for... it took time,

we waited, we waited a long time, but we finally waited , it has been working on it for two months, the armor is much better, stronger, holds fragments, they have already checked the charging mechanism, which is a big plus, it is also electric , so that you don't need a projectile to send manually, well, physically a little less, physically yes, much less work, well, it breaks less than. 152nd caliber, loaded , cannon, at least part of the calculation here , the veterans have been fighting not only from the first days of the new phase of the war, but also have experience of the first waves of mobilization during the war in donbas , volodymyr donbas-reality spoke with several months ago, and what could have changed , the weather has changed, but nothing has changed that we are working. lower, impure, lucky, everything

is fine, the people are the same, the motivation is the same, the protection of our homeland, remember everything, although eight years would have passed, but i remembered everything, i did not forget, before that i was also mobilized in the 14-15th year, well, after that i worked abroad, after the already full-scale invasion, then i had to come home, i returned to tugada, which in the 14-15th year , this same unit served, it is clear that there was a little bit of uncertainty about what it would do next, how it would go from there. thank you, everything is fine so far. towards the end of the second year of a full-scale russian invasion, the ukrainian army, which is still mostly civilians, who had to change professions and gain experience

already in the military sphere, and taking into account the bill on mobilization that is currently being prepared, their path in ukraine will have to be repeated by many more. it was donbas realii, my name is roman pogulych, see you soon. 15-year-old ksenia zelena, 17-year-old dmytro gorbunov and 16-year-old anastasia pokhylyuk. all these children disappeared in the temporarily occupied territories of donetsk region, and it has been impossible to find them for a long time. where they are that is why i really hope for your help and, of course, i mostly turn to the residents territories of donetsk region not controlled by ukraine. i know that ukrainian tv channels are not broadcasting in your country right now, but maybe you are watching this program on social networks, so

please look carefully at the faces of the children. ksenia zelena looks 15 years old. she has dark hair and the girl was last seen in... dmytro gurbunov, he turned 17 relatively recently, but the boy looks maybe a little older than his age, with light blond hair and gray-blue eyes. dmytro was last seen in donetsk region in volnovatsky district in the village of krasna polyana. and this is anastasia pokhylyuk. the girl turned 16 on september 23. she is thin, has light blond hair and looks her age. information about nastya's disappearance came in the summer of last year, but it is quite possible that contact with her was broken much earlier, and this is not surprising, because the child disappeared in the bakhmut district, where the situation has been too tense for a long time. if suddenly someone has information about the possible

whereabouts of ksenia, dmytro or nastya, or maybe you just saw these kids somewhere, let us know right away. even a small piece of news can become very important. you can call the magnolia child tracing service at any time of the day by dialing the short number 11630. calls from all ukrainian mobile operators are free. if you suddenly find yourself in the temporarily occupied territory and cannot make a call, write to the chatbot of the children's search service in telegram, or look for us on facebook. i have told you the stories of only three children who disappeared due to flooding. a large-scale invasion of russia. in general, since the beginning of the war, we have already received several thousand appeals for help in the search. of course, the vast majority of children were found and now everything is fine with them. but, unfortunately, the fate of many still remains unknown, and everyone can help find them. believe me,

just a minute of your time can be decisive. go to the website of the magnolia children's search service in the missing children of ukraine section. here you can. you can view all the photos of the missing, maybe you will recognize someone and eventually help to find them. at the same time, unfortunately, in the territories controlled by ukraine children also disappear, and as the experience of the children's search service shows, the vast majority of them are teenagers, who most often resort to running away because of their experiences and some unresolved problems. we talked about this topic with a psychologist and collected a lot of tips for parents that can prevent sudden. child's departure from home. according to experts, it often happens that the problems of teenagers mirror the problems of the adults around them. therefore, psychologists advise first of all to establish their own emotional comfort, then it will be much easier for an adult to help his own to the child take care of your

psychological well-being, be attentive to yourself, because often the problems of children and teenagers are a reflection of the problems of adults who surround them, and if you hear... tired and exhausted, if nothing makes you happy, something worries and scares you, if you you notice that you have become less productive, that you get angry more often, that you have some problems with memory, for example, with attention. this is all an excuse for you to seek help, get this help, fix your life, fix your own psychological comfort and then already with a healthy, prosperous position to help your child, and perhaps at that moment this help will no longer be needed.

our 36th marine brigade held the defense for 56 days, this concerns the surroundings of mariupol. we...went there with my husband, he told me if you don't want to, if you want to surrender, i'll surrender with you, we broke through 12 km behind the enemy's rear, sunday was intense, i was sure to leave. this is the coast of the black sea, and somewhere there is crimea. it was in

crimea that one of the bases of the ukrainian marines was located, and that is where it plans to go turn back it is actually very difficult to single out just one brigade, because their stories, the stories of individual marine corps battalions, are closely interconnected. therefore, in this and the next series of units of victory, we will talk about the marines as a separate type of troops. those who remained loyal to ukraine after the annexation of crimea went through the hell of ilyich's plant in mariupol, participated in the breakthrough and were able to return to the ranks. in this series, the legendary 36th brigade, the first and 503rd, separate battalions. the marine corps is a genus of the naval forces of the armed forces of ukraine, designed to carry out tasks in sea and air landings, participation in offensive actions on the coasts, defense of naval bases, important coastal facilities and... support of anti-piracy campaigns. marine corps - rudvoisk, which should not sit on the defensive, it should only

advance. today, the marine corps of ukraine consists of four separate brigades, which include separate battalions. two artillery brigades, a separate reconnaissance battalion, training center, separate management and logistics battalions. the marines were based on two seas, that's right, our most right-flank part, the western part was in the city of bolgrad. and the 88th separate battalion of the marines, and the left flank unit of the 503rd separate marines, the point of permanent deployment was mariupol, so count, more than 100 km, the 35th brigade is mainly the odesa region, the 36th brigade is not mykolaiv, zaporizhzhia and the 503rd kremen battalion of the marines is the donetsk region, that is, we were, as they say, masters of two seas, if so we can say that this year we... marine corps of ukraine is celebrating 105 years since the formation of the first brigade. the formation of the actual ukrainian

marines is clearly closely related to the formation of ukrainian statehood in general in the 20th century, that is, to the period of the ukrainian national revolution of 1917-21. well , of course, when hetman skoropadsky begins the formation of the ukrainian fleet, as it is called. after the capture of crimea by bolbachan's troops and the transfer of the black sea fleet to the ukrainian flag, the formation of units of the marine corps, it happens on may 23, 1918, well, actually, looking ahead, now it is again a holiday of the marine corps of ukraine. "glory to ukraine

, i congratulate you on the day of the marine corps of ukraine, of course, prominent figures appear, the names of which we remember today, and which are present as an honorary designation in the brigades of the marine corps, this is rear admiral bilinskyi and rear admiral, a representative of the noble ukrainian family ostrogradskyi , and when the armed forces of ukraine were formed already after the declaration of independence, of course they were were formed on the basis of the existing marine units of the soviet union, stationed here mainly in the crimea and... and partly in the coastal part of ukraine, there in odesa, there were really very patriotic ukrainian personnel there, there were officers, there was such a mr. voloshyn, who, actually , one of the initiators of the transition of the soviet marines under ukrainian flags, he was the first to take the oath of loyalty to ukraine. the units

served mainly in crimea, a lot of exercises were held, everything seemed fine, but 2014 came . it was a terrible ordeal for everyone ukraine, this is the beginning of the war, this is february, and this test was for the marines. the ukrainian marines were faced with a choice. are you with ukraine, or are you going over to the side of the enemy. in simferopol , according to eyewitnesses, more than fifty professionals seized the buildings of the council of ministers of crimea and the local parliament. russian special forces captured more than fifty marines and seized the ukrainian part in feodosia. a referendum on the status of the peninsula, not recognized by most countries of the world, is taking place, as a result of which russia included crimea in

its composition. at that time, our military unit was deployed. in the village of perovalny and at 4 o'clock in the morning, somewhere or at 5 o'clock , an alarm signal came that the occupation of military units had begun. in 2014, colonel viktor sikoze was a lieutenant and served in the 36th separate brigade of coastal defense. first, the occupation of the verkhovna rada of the autonomous republic of crimea began, and the following day , by the morning, the military unit was encircled, the park of the military unit was taken. the ring and one more military town, where the tank battalion and the reconnaissance company of the 25th separate parachute landing brigade were located, were also taken into the ring, and from that moment on, the occupation of the military unit already began, this is probably such a painful topic for me. in 2014, artur kondryuk served in the first separate

battalion of the marines stationed in feodosia. we had a certain period under... everyone was alarmed, they said that katsaps were entering the crimea through the sea, water, they were climbing through all the cracks, and at one fine moment, i simply already they could no longer leave the military part of our territory, there were marines standing around, by the way, our colleagues, this is the 810th marine infantry brigade, which is no longer there, they all died in mariupol, as far as i know, including even the commander of the brigade, well, he’s on his way there, and at that time, they didn't let us go anywhere , they didn't let us go, but what did they demand from you, they demanded that you hand over your weapons and go over to their side, there were large speakers attached to the fences, they told about 20 thousand rubles as a salary for an apartment there on the seashore and so on and so on, well, no one accordingly, i didn't pay attention to this, so what about us? well, from 2009 to the 14th year, we had

compatible parades, compatible exercises with belarus on the same territory, they lived in crimea, they had bases. are located, i knew that army on that day, well, that one, well, that it is as poor as us, they won with propaganda, their propaganda worked very well in the direction of the army, and with that, yes, they did, i think so , that they spread propaganda all over the world, and at 4 o'clock in the morning two turntables landed on the territory of the unit, the 810th brigade surrounded us with armored personnel carriers, and they started us to storm, well, it was clear to me right away. that they didn't want to kill us there, they shot at the windows, at the doors, at the roof, poisoned us with gas, of course they took us all prisoner, it was already dawn, already around 5 o'clock in the morning, i remember, it had already passed 10 years, i've already forgotten, they took us away, and the bags were tied to the golubo, the bags, hands were tied and taken to the port of fidusiysk, they built

us there, well, somewhere in the industrial zone port itself, not the very ... i don't know him, even after that, since then, i have never seen him anywhere, and i offered those who want to stay in the russian army to take a step forward, and those who don't want to, you will go to the motherland of ukraine, that's it , that's the end of it, i was surprised, i know, that you will ask me the question, how many were left there , look, at that time the staff of the battalion, well, it can already be said, according to the world, 400 men, well , plus or minus, we had 151 men from the battalion, also count that more than half remained there . how did you react to these events? well, in situ, everything is written there we have to do, there was a battalion commander

, a brigade commander, unfortunately, a traitor, well , unfortunately, in principle, he showed himself, it was clear a long time ago, this is storozhenko, yes, well, after two or three weeks of the military unit being there already russian soldiers started to enter the territory of the military unit accompanied by our commander, they were already drinking alcoholic beverages at the headquarters of the military unit, there russian officers, with our commander of the military unit, colonel starozhenko, were already singing songs there, well, you you yourself understand, after that the task was set there at the meeting at the meeting, that is , make a decision there, who goes to the mainland of ukraine, who stays to serve in crimea there for the loyalty of the russian federation, and who there is at will, well, it was more relevant. servicemen under the contract had the right to resign due to non-fulfillment of the terms of the contract by the military unit

. the fools immediately began to teach the hymn there, to sing them there with the grass, they began to go, well, everything to the classics, while we were interviewed there and we were already returning back to the territorial part. they had already repainted, they managed to repaint and hang their flags in an hour, one hour of paint, i still smelled paint when i arrived at tesin, and it was terrible at lunchtime, well, just a shoe, and to this day, well, i was shocked, especially in the 14th year, i thought that i would die, it was lunch time, so i thought that i would never leave the crimea. here it so happened that they asked, well, nothing, we will come back, what thought did you have when you left the crimea, you need

to go back, i just put a balcony in my apartment, and i could admire it for a month, especially since it was just spring and my balcony looks out on the suuchha mountain waterfall , that is, the view is very beautiful... already there, when i put up a balcony, i saw how people would sit on the balcony, open a little window, i would admire the surrounding view, so they didn’t let me do it, well, no it will be, i set it as a goal, it should be like that.

the 36th separate brigade named after rear admiral mykhailo bilinsky became the first marine infantry brigade formed after the occupation of crimea. the history of the 36th brigade, this is the 14th year that these marines who have remained in the oath of allegiance. went to the mainland, lieutenant general yuriy sodol, commander of the marines of the armed forces of the ukrainian armed forces, i was formed at that time by colonel diletitsky, the current head of the military academy of the city of odessa, and after a month and a half the units already went into battle, well, it is expensive who was by the hand of the 36th brigade? the men of the 36th brigade were the servicemen of the 36th separate council of coastal defense, they were the servicemen of the 1st separate marine corps battalion. of the all-dassia and 501 separate battalions of marines stationed in kirch, these are all servicemen who remained faithful

to their oath, faithful to their oath, continued their service already on their basis, the 36th marine corps was formed, he says only later due to the arrival of an operational reserve here and there the fifth-sixth wave of mobilization was added to us our muscles, that's what allowed us to successfully ... combat tasks in the east of our country. for a long time, the 36th brigade performed tasks in the mariupol direction, and it was there that it encountered a large-scale invasion. where did the main blows of the enemy land, how were the forces dispersed? well, the fact is that at the moment of the beginning of the defense line, the brigades will be there. quite large, and therefore, basically the main blow went to volnovakha with the aim of cutting off our group and surrounding the city of mariupol, and

the style, you know there... from the side of the zaporozhye region, the enemy is also on us at such a fast pace , the enemy partially succeeded in completing their task, this concerns the encirclement of mariupol, where our 36th marine brigade held the defense for 56 days, the task was completed with honor, unfortunately, we lost a lot of our comrades, forever, and a lot still remains of our brothers. in captivity with the enemy, but we are sure that we will get everyone out, and we will take revenge for our dead guys. this year , lieutenant general yuriy sodol received the order of the golden star with the title of hero of ukraine. he was awarded for participating in battles for volnovakha at the end of february 2022. on the 26th , we went to sturm volnovakha, and this was the first

assault operation. when we pushed out of the city at night, it was necessary to hold volnovakha, because there was the 36th brigade of marines, and we only hoped that we could take it from there, so he left for the sake of this, to give at least some chance to the marines, it was it was fun, there were two hundred, three hundred, we gave them a good night’s sleep, we showed him that they don’t joke with... the marines, and by the morning the president’s decree awarding him a golden stars of the hero of ukraine title. and how do you personally assess this act? heroic, well, you understand, i spoke after that with the commander of the tank battalion, who also took part in this, he was not surprised, he was just shocked that

the commander. a lieutenant general together in a chain in battle performs this task, well, it is very, you understand, dear officer, a commander of this level from a brigade commander and above, for personnel, for a sailor, a soldier, a sergeant, when he is in the trench, directly in battle , this is very motivating and the fighting spirit of it all, well, it rises into expressions, here... at the beginning of the 22nd year, yevgeny bova was the commander of the first separate battalion of marines, which was then part of the 36th brigade. well, before the full-scale party, i and my battalion were involved in the performance of tasks assigned to the oos zone, as part of the 36th marine brigade. well...

i met the war in the village of pavlopil, near the city of mariupol. lyubov and victoria, medics of the first battalion. they also encountered a large-scale invasion in pavlopol and refused to evacuate. eight man we sat there, both women and men. that's it. and we waited there, and heard when the shells were flying, and the hail, and the volleys, well, in short, for me, it was very impressive for me, how a toka came to serve, and we sat there, damn it, prayed that damn it, god grant that i didn’t get it, well, and i, yes, signed the contract on october 22 , 2021, at that time i was 19 years old, you know, for the camera, i didn’t want to take it, because

i had it. and this i was 18, i was 18, on october 22nd i sign a contract at 18h and on october 30th i will be 19 years old, ladies were getting ready to send, and when the commander tells me, like, let's go, i say, no, i say, i'm staying here, i say, i'm with the boys, i'll be here, that's all, and vika immediately says, i'm like that too, i'm with you, and in general, the rest of the women were evacuated to more... peaceful places, and we stayed further, as the enemy carried out offensive actions, what was the balance of forces? you know, according to combat documents, the ratio of forces and resources should have been one to three, but i think in my opinion that the ratio was at least 1:5, eh, yes, the enemy was good armed.