17/ Several hours later, late at night, they reached a gas station at the entrance to Svatove β probably the ΠΠΠ‘ station on the P07 road just west of the town. They were stopped by soldiers and prevented from going any further. The men were made to sleep on pavements in the open.
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Sergeant advised men to flee; they found one tank, walked to Svatove
6/ The men were advised to leave by a professional soldier, a sergeant, who told them, "If you want to live, then go up the road. There are KAMAZ trucks and tanks there." They found only one tank, as all the officers had already left on the trucks, and walked to Svatove instead.
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Description of a bombardment and survivors’ escape
15/ [They replied], "The village is surrendered, there's hardly anyone there, those who survived are hiding in the basement in the school, tanks are coming now". Then there was an artillery bombardment and we followed them.
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Bombardment destroys hangar and uncrewed BMP
10/ In the evening of that day fire began to fall on us. The commanders of the communications company ordered us to sit behind a hangar, and as a result of the two-hour bombardment, the second hangar was destroyed and an uncrewed BMP was destroyed.
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Attack and Artillery Fire Devastate the Communications Post
The next morning we came under heavy fire, which lasted more than four hours. The communications company scattered in panic during the shelling. As a result, more than 6 men were killed and more than 3 were wounded.
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Six men filmed in dire living conditions
6/ The men filmed their conditions on 11 October. A video shows them living in abject squalor without heat, light, food or water. They complain that they are all sick with respiratory complaints. Pavlov says they foraged from apple trees in the village.pic.twitter.com/6xPBNsNiix
— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) 29 octobre 2022The men filmed their conditions on 11 October. A video shows them living in abject squalor without heat, light, food or water. They complain that they are all sick with respiratory complaints. Pavlov says they foraged from apple trees in the village.
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Russian soldiers in Ukraine lacked proper equipment
The Russians had severely inadequate equipment β another man in the same unit, Nikita Pavlov, reported being given only a damaged, rusty AK-74M that could not be fired. They took shelter in a tractor hangar near Kolomyychikha, arriving on 7 October.
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Mobilized soldiers lacked medical exam, only one day shooting practice
3/ Like many other mobiks, Vodnev's men were not given a medical examination or combat training after being mobilised into the 423rd Yampolsky motorized rifle regiment around 22 September. They were given only 1 day's shooting practice at a military camp in Belgorod.
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Lapin violently confronted Lieutenant Vodnev after withdrawal from shelling
2/ Mediazona reports that on 13 October, Lapin violently confronted Lieutenant Dmitry Vodnev, who withdrew his company from shelling at the village of Kolomyichykha, near Svatove in Luhansk oblast. The back story has emerged from the account of another soldier published by SOTA.
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Ukrainian troops destroy armored vehicles with cheap drones
"Ukrainian soldiers are taking out armored vehicles worth millions of dollars with cheap homemade drones, as well as with more advanced drones and other weapons provided by the United States and allies," the New York Times reports.