and well, i don't know how it was possible to survive, how many people eventually got out of the brigade ? we are writing orders that approximately, not approximately, 186 people got out, these are those who left on foot, about a thousand people died somewhere, probably the rest were prisoners, and thank god things have improved a little. with exchanges

, we were already able to exchange quite a few of our boys and girls there, how long did you stay there, almost six months, without five or six days, six months, at the most critical moments there, what did it help you to leave at all stay sane and have more? some hope to dream and think about something good, about the family, and how i will spend time with my family when, perhaps, someday i will be in ukraine, but only this and if, well, as far as i communicate, also the people of vzilsko, who were exchanged, then, in principle, our thoughts, our desires coincide, which thought helped?

you know what helped you, child, child, mother, well, i just knew that i was on my own before leaving, well, then i contacted my parents, and i hinted to them that, like, something between us it's planned, like some kind of scumbag, so i tell them, like, dads, moms, pray for me, pray for all of us, and it was...

after which he returned to the formation as one of the options, even the rat died, you can take it as a souvenir, someone takes the rabbit's feet, it was you who should have sat here, yes, they suggested, thank you. another bright combat task was the deblockade of mariupol, which also included in its candidacy volunteers to participate in this task and as part of azov, well, we were subordinated to azov at that time, participated, there was also a national team there solyanka, this is our 503rd battalion, as well as the assault troops. and

the same, if i am not mistaken, the 54th azov brigade, which participated in kyiv, also, after the defense of kyiv, they came here, and we went to help the boys as part of them, well , as we were told, we fulfilled our task , we drew attention to ourselves when the 36th brigade broke through to the front. it was then, we just looked away, let’s say this, we had, as i remember now, i had a commander, then a poet, a call sign, and he gathered us and asked who had a desire, and roughly speaking, then they raised, almost all hands, but three men of the world went to us, one crew went by car, volunteers, broke through 12 km to the rear. the enemy and our task was to occupy

two villages, we failed to occupy the second village, we made a lot of casualties in the first and began to withdraw. back, well, when we started to pull back, we were very densely covered, as aviation, artillery, yes, they met us, let's say this, not with hugs, but as a part of the people found themselves on the ground, why? eh, the guys decided to continue to lead the defense, we, well, how tried to win for some time, everyone thought that , well... that problem, it should have been solved in some, well, more humane, civilized way, well, it can't be through, maybe through some agreements or through extraction, but unfortunately that didn't happen . in march 2022, having surrounded

mariupol, russian troops advanced further with the goal of seizing all of donetsk region. at that time, viktor sikoza was performing tasks together with the 503rd. the defense of this particular direction in glodarskyi began precisely from those trenches occupied there by the fighters of the 503rd battalion. achilles, deputy battalion commander. yes , then we with our battalion as a small body restrained the front, which is not supposed to restrain the battalion so, well, according to the so-called book, so we gave them serious resistance from... the beginning, how did the events unfold in zachativka, how did you get surrounded there? well , so that you understand, somewhere we had a battalion that took up defense along the front, well, about 15 to 20 kilometers, that is, we were all stretched out in one line, the entire enemy,

who concentrated on reconnaissance, then, during the flight of the night birds we, we were noticed the three columns that were being sought out, which were supposed to move, i understand, in the direction somewhere... polnovakhs, on average, each column had from 70 to 80 pieces of equipment there, our artillerymen were working, accordingly , the enemy turned on us with this mass and our battle began to move, they went out i remember it's about landing meters, i don't know a kilometer or two shootings, they fly without an etech, about thirty are flying in our direction, there are numbers more precisely. on the right, tanks are roaring, and we are in a white sprinter with no front window, they will kill me, if not, then you will wake me up, so i wrap myself in a sleeping bag there is no front window, i wrap myself in a sleeping bag, but i say that we were light, a t-shirt,

a fleece was dry up there, there were no clothes there, there were none, that's all. after that, after that, we regrouped and held the defense in yevgenivka for three days, held it successfully, despite the fact that the enemy was also advancing on us, with right-facing forces, well, right-facing forces, well, roughly, the enemy was five times more than us, what did this village get, at that moment the battalion commander was killed, the pasha was defeated by the kingdom of heaven, well, here is the battalion was a little disorganized, a very big loss for the marines, very much, but its personnel was not that it was not broken, but to stand up for pasha, for their commander, and they

did not ask, on the contrary, they had such anger that 1 in april, an incomplete battalion defeated two battalions of russians, took a lot... with the equipment on which it is still fighting, well , sunday was intense, since the entrapment comes out, have you met traitors from the 14th year from the marine corps of ukraine who went over to the enemy's side , then across the border, of course, of course, well, this is the beginning of a full-scale war, somewhere at the beginning, towards the end of march under the golden level... this is the velikonovoselyvskyi district , came to visit me, well, my classmate, let’s say this, andryushka, he himself is from cherkassy, ​​here, well we studied together in the same cadet company , that is, we were cadets together, we came to serve in the military together, i received my company from

him, he was then the chief of the battalion staff, he was the one until the last in the crimea that we were going to ukraine, here are all the works that we will serve, here i stood he was smoking on the balcony, andryushka bezlyudka is already so loaded with this package from the russian uniform, his hat is running, i am the dog bowing to him, what are you doing, you only promised everyone here, that with tests. he didn't say anything, he rolled up all his clothes and went to his home , their 70th regiment arrived, this is chechnya, the town of sheli, the location of this regiment, well , accordingly, they gave me some equipment there, there were three bmps, tanks theirs, they approved our land a little bit, well, somewhere to the mouth, maybe a little more, these fools fell and... the scouts are carrying my documents to me there , once i read the tv of the regiment commander, lieutenant colonel

bezlyudka andriy oleksandrovich, i'm talking to you, an old friend, i haven't seen you in a long time, did you come to see me , yes, it's already here on the golden field, there is such a thing there. a place where they also asked to go forward then and asked to cross the river, and they just drowned their cars in the river, and here we are, right now, my brother will be the next one to use fuel oil, and he was the first to leave in these cars, i was the first to ask them to shoot there, somehow get to know each other even with them, yes there were cars brand new, each car there is one and a half. thousands of runs, new guns, conservation , well, in sledola, everything was new from the factory, when we

were taking apart the soaps, it was a pancake, it was terrible, of course, i was very angry at these bad people, the enemy forces began an attack on the golden neva, we met them with dense fire, and they jumped into the river, well, there is a shallow plus or minus river, well, they did not leave it and simply... when they began to jump out of the hatches, they realized that they would not force this further the river and won't be able to, they jumped out of the hatches and started running into a clear field, started running into a clear field and were simply shot down like hares in a field. and then we delivered the equipment with tanks, after which our trophies turned out to be so small, the fifth bmw takes away, after that we are mine.

now she continues to fight, storms their positions, some trophies, which were already almost knocked down, and such, we still took out in terms of the fact that, as donors, they were spare parts. novoukrainki we had a head start with those bastards until two days before the cleaning from the side in the composition of well, almost three companies, almost three ee. we started digging in a field, an open

, beautiful, nice ukrainian field, the ground was frozen, and in two days we dug in the front line of the battalion, and for a couple of weeks we were defending against the enemy. kurakhovo border in order to close the ring, take marinka, well , advance further in order to... completely take donetsk region, well, we became a bone so wide in their throats there that they choked the 503rd the battalion there stopped the armada and it took hold on the lines that were there even last year, now we pushed them back almost 10, maybe 15 kilometers further, what was the role of the third battalion in the defense of this direction, i think it is key, we the first ... then we stood, we held out, we were able to develop success, after us the 68th

yager brigade entered these positions, which also successfully carried out the defense, and we, so to speak, enabled them to advance, and the 503rd battalion on that moment we were withdrawn and we became a reserve the commander of the atu of donetsk, that is , the fiercest battles at that time... all this was charged by the 503rd separate battalion of the marines, this was the breakthrough to maryanki, the chess forest near avdiivka, zelene pole, timyrivka, vaselivka, prychystivka, zolotanniva, well, the geography of the battles can be tell to quite a lot. all this fell on the shoulders of the 503rd battalion, which it endured with honor and bravery, performed well, for which the battalion received a ribbon for courage and bravery, one of the first naval badges. in 2023, colonel viktor sikoza

was awarded the order of the golden star from awarding the title "hero of ukraine". how did you become a commander? there were no questions at all, well, understanding all these troubles , what the brigades would be, i already understood that in advance , the fact that there is nothing in the brigade at all, because everything remained in mariupol, as well as people, both weapons, and all the equipment, everything remained in mariupol, well, but it had to be done by someone, so i immediately. assembled, and they began to restore the brigade again for the second time, the first time after returning from the crimea, the second time in the spring of the 22nd year, so that you you understand, from the old composition of the brigade , i lined up part of it when i arrived, i had 47 men, thanks to the command of the marine corps there, we were given instructors , a certain number of officers were given there, who

helped a lot in this, and people are ready to conduct offensive actions there, and they... lead and lead them quite qualitatively and successfully, well, this already says a lot, several times a year our boys go through the moral and psychological strip, come on , come on, come on.

they take the marine oath, receive the marine beret, which, which for them already means that they became full-fledged, full-fledged marines entered this family, and directly through the communication of sergeants with personnel, those sergeants who still remained there from the period from the 14th, from the 15th years. so they don't let this fire that exists go out. in 2023 , the new 38th marine brigade was formed. lieutenant colonel yevhen bova became the commander of the brigade. for

the defense of mariupol, he was awarded the order of the golden star with the title "hero of ukraine". the backbone of the brigade, well, that one at that time, the regiment consisted of the 503rd separate battalion of marines. a battalion that was awarded a ribbon for bravery, a battalion that, well, actively, bravely participated in the war, yes, this battalion, well, the enemy feared. yes, it just so happened that based on it, we first formed a regiment, and then reformed a brigade. you have experience in the marines since the 14th year, it's already 6-9 years, now the brigade is formed in a rather short time, as in this period, what you

emphasize to rally, unite and prepare. people, well, now, you know, before it didn't happen, and now the personnel are still being trained abroad, so it's a little er, i think it made it easier for us and, well, to our advantage, yeah, er, because we don't have that many non-commissioned officers at the very beginning, yes, who would be able to... chat this personnel, so yes, there is something in this, when they also go to bzvp, to those courses, to the preparation of assault operations there. amphibious abroad, i see this as a result.

i see that enemy gifts have already arrived here. yes, we give offensive actions, and this is exactly our offensive group from... the children of the settlements that were freed are eight, we have freed them, and now also, well, it is still too early to talk about it, but today we are also advancing, advancing, if brothers advance one, two, three, in four directions, and there are appropriate good luck, but while we are silent, when we do the deed, then we will already say what we have done, anyone from the side?

who have long terms of conviction, whom we did not have here, in general, in general, this is the enemy's fifth army, it is fighting against us, and the enemy's marines are already some kind of its second division, well, i see... they were taking him there for recovery, well, something like that, well, where we are now advancing, they tried to strengthen their positions here, but they didn’t succeed, they were discovered and destroyed,

the reality is that a counterattack, maybe it is, honestly, i don’t even understand it myself , where is this counteroffensive, i just understand why i am now just gnawing away at every centimeter of this land, this is knocking out landings by 500 m, by 400, by ... kilometer, and this is simply at a very high price, but this high price, as it was said that it will go down in history, it will go down in history, every brother who died, yes, thanks to them, this one, these every meters, whose portraits are behind you, are really very strong stormtroopers who showed themselves reliably and simply...... unreal cool during the assault, but such a life without losses in any way, and this is a special composition that died during the actions of our battalion

, one of them was wounded, despite this, he provided himself with first aid and continued to carry out the combat mission, raising the personnel and leading them, but still the artillery projectile reached him, well, that's it. how are you in the battalion? do you remember your fallen brothers? during a combat situation, as a revenge, we remember for each personnel, a military serviceman of the personnel who died, and these are not only the people we have now, but also from the beginning after the third battalion, who also left us while performing combat tasks, everyone in the heart. and for each revenge is in full swing, that's why i came there, because plus, well, let's say it like this, a little bit of badger's fame gave me an incentive and i kind of

wanted to be there, especially when i passed 503, i found out that there were more than 15 of my brothers from my city, this is my hometown, and i realized that they are not from there, so this is an elite marine corps, i say that for me personally, the marine corps has been such a kind of army that works since birth. in the three elements, it’s not for nothing that we have an emblem, yes, you know that this is the dshb, well, as always, they were like paratroopers for the airborne forces, a bottle on their head, everything is beautiful , they bathe in fountains, and the marines rarely heard about it, but always when it appeared, they were looked upon as the elite, for that, and for that i came to the marine corps, from the 14th year, i believe, we deserved rights to write their own history, and this division, when uh, a lot of sailors, sergeants, officers, broke their oath

, stayed, went over... to the side of the enemy, they thereby only accelerated it, so it became a question of renouncing it, and on this is how we built our idea that we deserved to write our own history, the most painful moment was the moment of color change, there were certain, let's say clear markers, black berets, vests, all this soviet romance did not go anywhere, but thank god, among the marines there were people who understood what we were forming already a completely different marine corps, we are forming a modern ukrainian marine corps that will guard the sea border of ukraine and possibly retake the occupied territories from the sea, this

all required completely different visual demonstrations, black is the color of technical troops, including armored personnel carriers . we studied the problem and, of course, came to the conclusion that the majority of marine units in the world wear colors close to the sea wave, blue-green, greenish, green, and so on, and by no means black, that's why we immediately had a colored first among equals... for the marines, this is the actual beret of a marine, this is an extremely important thing for them, because a beret is not just issued to you from the stock, so the work began to convince the personnel of the marines, that it is necessary to change the color, and then immediately began a conversation about how we create beret insignia, well, it is obvious that this is the symbol of the anchor, which is present in the symbolism

of absolutely all... units of the marine corps in the world, but there was a need for some such attribute, among the successful campaigns that actually ended with naval amphibious operations, we mentioned that the most successful were the campaigns during the hetmanship of peter sagaidach, the sea campaigns of sagaidach, well, exceptionally, these are sea raids with the launching of landing forces, the destruction of enemy collaterals and... among those attributes that left by sagaidachny, there is one unique one left, it is a sword awarded to sagaidachny for the successful sea campaigns against turkey and the defense of khotyn in 1621, and this sword has been preserved and is being preserved, it is in krakow, in the national museum, it is a very beautiful effect of such an unexpected and quite form with...

a corresponding inscription: from korolevych vladyslav, sahaidachny against osman. and we decided that this was the weapon attribute that we needed for the marine corps insignia. now the symbolism of the marine corps is, or rather, the beret badge of the marine corps - it is an anchor, wings, it is all covered by a rope, and on top of the anchor on the central axis, point up, a sword.

and for life, did the pomeranian infantry have its own ethos code? father zelinsky put a lot of effort into this, he was the chaplain of the 36th brigade, very smart a man who knows history, he was at the origin of the creation of this code, we also have a motto, faithful always, faithful to the oath, faithful to the motherland, and the second motto is to lead, fight, lead people, that is, show everything by personal example, and victory without there is no struggle, because to get something you need to work hard, that's the slogan we live by. to be a marine is to preserve the memory of the marines of the ukrainian people's republic, even when the bolsheviks named the streets after their killers.