“The commander of the battalion “Donbas” of the 18th Slavic Brigade of NSU, Lieutenant Colonel Mykola Shevchuk, said that during the defense of the refractory plant in the temporal ravine in the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian military captured about two dozen occupiers, among them there was one citizen of Nepal.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: The commander of the Donbas battalion of the 18th Slavic brigade of NSU Lieutenant Colonel Mykola Shevchuk with the Scythian call sign in an interview with “Ukrainian Truth”
Details: According to Shevchuk, the Donbas battalion soldiers kept a refractory plant in the time ravine from October 2024 to February 2025.
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Direct Language: “In February, we finally left the plant. In such circumstances, the boys managed to take about 20 prisoners. One of them is a Nepal citizen. The personnel of Nepalese military, more than 15 years of experience. He said that he had recently moved to the UAE, found a recruiter from Russia, paid him three thousand dollars.”


Context: The Donbas Battalion has been standing in a time ravine in Donetsk for almost a year and a half – from April 10, 2024.
The soldiers of the unit began to defend the refractory plant in October 2024. The territory of the plant was a reliable fortification for the Defense Forces of Ukraine. Due to the loss of the plant, the Ukrainian soldiers had to retreat and take positions in a residential, beaten shelling.