“Kum” has been fighting since 2014/Public photo
Ukrainian soldiers have become famous for their courage throughout the world. Now they have to fight off enemy attacks on the front line.
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One of the defenders with the call sign “Kum” spoke about life in the field conditions of the front. He serves in the Nikolaevsky direction as part of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade named after Yakov Gandzyuk.
How life works on the front lines
dugouts. Drawings and the flag of Ukraine hang on the walls, there are homemade angels. The military received all this from children from Nikolaev.
The positions of Ukrainian soldiers are located on one of the main armored directions in the South. If there is an enemy breakthrough, they will take the brunt and must hold the Russian troops.
Coffee in the morning and we start working on fortification: dig, dig, build. After all, the infantry is the deeper you burrow, the longer you live, – says the military man.
The soldiers in the position equipped a kitchen, a shower room with hot water, a steam room and other benefits of civilization. According to “Kum”, they built all this in a month.
Life on the front line/Public photo
“Kum” took the first fight in the Kherson region
The military has been serving in the army since 2014. With the start of a full-scale attack, he was one of the soldiers who repelled the first Russian attacks on the Kherson region.
The brave warrior took the first battle on February 24 at about 11:00 in Kherson.
on the 24th they took the battle near Kherson, they took the bridge. I took out the personal files of the entire battalion, drove under the bridge, joined the column and at 11:00 took the fight to liberate the bridge. The battle continued until 18:00, until the tanks approached and ended at 20:00. We took the bridge,” he said.
The husband admitted that during that battle, they, unfortunately, lost many of our defenders.
russia will lose even more
“Kum” is sure that the enemy will lose even more in this war. For the Russians, it is better not to interfere with us at all. “It would be better if the Russians didn’t come here. Many friends who served with me have lost many. They will lose even more. For each of our 10-20 people who died, we will hide them. We will take Kherson, we will fire Ukraine,” the defender is convinced.< /p>
He also explained that Russian troops are shelling civilian targets in order to turn people against the Ukrainian military. According to him, they are not succeeding, because the Ukrainians have already proved their unity on February 24.
Russian losses in the war
- < li> As of July 23, Ukrainian soldiers liquidated only 39,240 infidels. At the same time, many equipment was also destroyed. Some equipment remains in a state suitable for combat, therefore it becomes trophy and goes into the Armed Forces. Enemy casualty figures are inaccurate because the fighting is so intense.
- In the South, our warriors are attacking enemy warehouses and concentrations like jewellery. For example, in just one day on July 21, several powerful blows were delivered at once. One of the targeted demilitarizations traditionally took place on the positions of the Russians in the legendary Chernobaevka.
- In OK “South” they said that on July 21, 10 air strikes were carried out in the affected area. They were described as quite effective. The command post, the enemy command and observation post and 5 strongholds were destroyed.
