in our studio is colonel, battalion commander, konstantin kuzmin, call sign miner. o, good man, konstantin, call sign miner speaking, and we understand that among the militia fighters in the first months of resistance, mostly miners were, and you, well, you yourself are from the mine, at that time i headed. i was the deputy head of the mine transport section at the skochinsky mine, when it all started, i was a master blaster, before that i was a thunderstorm, i started with an ordinary one, well, yes, well, i wanted to say so that it was clear, because well , we call a grp underground, this is an ordinary ordinary private, that is, a person who is just starting his steps in the mine, how did life change in 2014, did you have to leave? that peaceful part of it to join the militia, well, you understand, it wasn't us who left it, yes, we were forced, we were forced by that kiev junta, that fascism that came to ukraine then, they, they forced us to do it, we were forced to stand up for defense, but not everyone, just not everyone stood up for defense, yes, that's what ki

colonel konstantin kuzmin commands the territorial defense battalion, named after the 383rd miners' divisionthe same detachment with konstantin, they defended elenovka together, recaptured the donetsk airport and igor ogorodnikov left. we are bombed every day, we are bombed by the junta, volunteer detachments, already part of the russian army, continue to liberate historically russian lands. about how it was created donbass militia, we will find out in the program nashe at 13:00. we will tell you about the strength and fortitude of the residents of donbass today. about the people who were the first to take the enemy's blow, but held out. you understood how high the stakes were for... hello, dear friends, ladies and gentlemen, comrades, hello live on your favorite program 60 minutes hot on the heels, this night the kiev regime took action.

colonel konstantin kuzmin commands a territorial defense battalion. litia since 2014. olga sukhanova served in the same unit with konstantin. they defended elenovka together, recaptured donetsk airport. and igor ogorodnikov left her business to fight back against the ukrainian junta shoulder to shoulder. following her father , svetlana, the eldest daughter, sent her to the trenches; she listened to military doctors. over the years of selfless struggle , volunteer units became known in donbass beyond its borders. the legendary sparta, the ghost, the miner's division, pyatnashka. the battalions grew, turning into larger units. in 2014, ukrainian neo-nazis sent punitive forces to donbass against civilians. the militias stood up to defend their land, so that prove the right to speak russian, to study in russian, to be closer to russia. i am a builder, i worked for the shahs. miners, welders, combine operators, workers of donbass. they recaptured armored vehicles in the fields. the barrels of trophies were aimed at those who fired at cities and towns. we ar