Despite his injuries, his commanders still wanted him to continue fighting. 'He phoned me and said that he still has shrapnel in his leg and tomorrow he will be discharged and will have to go back to the assault.'
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France doubles arms production
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Avdiivka soldiers thrown into open field, hit by own inaccurate artillery
22/ "Everything there [in Avdiivka] is dug up, everything is poured into concrete, it is simply impossible to survive there. They throw [the men] out in an open field, and [send them] forward." Worse still, their own artillery was so inaccurate that it hit them repeatedly.
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Soldier risks shot in the back to move to quieter front line position
23/ In a subsequent call, Andrey said that he was trying to preserve his life by taking a new position two kilometers away, presumably on a quieter section of the front line. "[I'm] taking a risk, because those who return or leave their positions are shot in the back.
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Andrey’s unit forced to cross open fields to attack fortified positions
21/ Andrey described how he and his comrades were dumped by DNR forces on "landing strips", from where his unit had to walk across open countryside, with no cover, to attack fortified Ukrainian positions. Not surprisingly, they didn't make it.
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Forced into assault, withdrawn from Vuhledar to Avdiivka on 3 March
16/ "They were covered by [the guns of] local contractors and when you start asking questions or are indignant, they stick a gun to your head and rush you into the assault." Worse was to come. The men were withdrawn from Vuhledar and sent to attack nearby Avdiivka on 3 March.
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Andrey reports only three survivors from his brigade after Makiivka
17/ Andrey called his family again 10 days later. He was now one of only three survivors from his entire brigade. "The brigade is gone, it's just gone. There are three guys left alive (after reinforcement in Makiivka), one of them is a 300 [wounded].
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Survivor questions dying in foreign land after award nomination
14/ "By some miracle he survived the meat grinder, they even told him that he had been nominated for an award and all he could think about was how to get out of there: 'Why do I have to die in someone else's land?'"
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Andrey bitter about commanders treating men as meat under DNR
15/ Andrey was bitter because "the commanders openly considered them as meat" and forced the men at gunpoint to go into suicidal assaults. His unit was likely under the command of 'Donetsk People's Republic' (DNR) forces, who have gained a reputation for brutality.
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They Fell into a Stupor Amid War and Died
13/ "They were terrified of this war and just fell into a stupor and became easy targets. He saw them die and could do nothing to help.