Ukrainian director and former political prisoner of the Kremlin Oleg Sentsov spoke about the battle with the occupiers that took place on October 19.
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During the armed confrontation with the enemy, Sentsov was wounded for the third time. The director noted the day before that he “caught a piece of debris to the side,” but did not provide details. Today, October 20, he described yesterday’s battle on the social network Facebook.
It was difficult to write about all this yesterday after the heat of battle. It is difficult to write today, already being safe. It will be difficult to write tomorrow when all this turns into memories and nightmares,” the message says.
According to Sentsov, on October 19, his unit repelled an important landing in “the hottest direction right now.” The first group where he was was able to cling to the enemy trench and immediately entered the battle on two directions. The second also entered another trench, destroyed the enemy, but was knocked out of there by the occupied reserves. And the third group fought a difficult battle and almost completely died at the beginning of the operation.
The director noted that the Russians threw an endless amount of infantry and armored groups into battle. These enemy units were predominantly destroyed by Ukrainian artillery, FPV drones and tanks.
Sentsov said that the Russian infantry was unable to dislodge his unit, but pinned the defenders on a patch of 50 meters. The Ukrainian military bombarded the invaders with guarantors, and they also did this in response.
The competition for who has the most grenades continued. The rumble of armor gave the enemy confidence, so the shouts: “Surrender!” sounded constantly from both flanks. Of our 13 fighters, one is seriously wounded, and several are slightly wounded. At the same time, a piece of debris from the under-barrel VOG got under my ribs. It became clear that we were not only unable to complete the task, but also would not last until the evening,” the director wrote.
Then a column of six tanks and infantry moved towards them. Sentsov admitted that he “simply clearly realized that death was coming.” He gave the command to everyone to hide, hoping that the occupiers would not notice them. Enemy tanks fired chaotically, but the Ukrainian unit was not noticed. Sentsov’s fighters began shooting at the enemy when the tanks were no longer visible and a certain number of Russian troops were destroyed. Subsequently, the Russian column retreated back, and Sentsov and his brothers received orders to leave.
We were lucky. We were lucky many times that day. Including when we evacuated from this encirclement under the cover of two idiots who came for us. But not everyone who participated in this operation was lucky. Hope has not yet been lost that someone from other groups was captured or is wandering around the plantings – the search continues.
Today there are a lot of videos and statistics of enemy losses. There are many joys that we have brought upon our adversaries again. But there are no statistics by which this is given by the victims. For each number, someone’s life is destroyed, and the universe of relatives is destroyed. This sadness remains mainly in the families of the victims and their brothers. Eternal memory to the fallen heroes… – wrote Sentsov.
Let us recall that after the full-scale invasion of the Russian army into Ukraine, Sentsov joined the ranks of the territorial defense. He fought in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions. Currently, Sentsov serves in the 47th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In July, Sentsov received France’s highest award, the Legion of Honor.
Source: Racurs
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