““Everything is over.” As the Ukrainian military is experiencing a retreat from Kurschyna – the Air Force gathered testimony on March 17, 14:36 to share: Ukrainians held a bridgehead in Kurshchyna for more than seven months (photo: Getty Images) Ukrainian military, who fought in the Kursk region of Russia, describe the scenes of the indentation “as if from a movie horror.” The Air Force has been evidenced by the Ukrainian soldiers who tell about “catastrophic” departure in conditions”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
“Everything is over.” As the Ukrainian military is experiencing a retreat from Kurschyna – the Air Force gathered testimony
Ukrainians held a bridgehead in Kurshchyna for over seven months (photo: Getty Images)
Ukrainian military who fought in the Kursk region of Russia describe the scenes of retreat “As if from a horror movie. ” Air Force received testimony to the Ukrainian military who tell about “Catastrophic ”departure in heavy fire, destroyed columns of equipment and constant attacks of a flock of Russian drones. NV publishes this selection of testimonies of five soldiers on the rights of information cooperation.
Soldiers who communicated through social networks were given aliases to protect their identity.
Some of their testimony spoke about “Collapse ”when Ukraine lost the judge.
Ukrainian restrictions on trips to the media front have led to the fact that it is impossible to get a complete picture of the situation.
But as we described what happened, five Ukrainian military.
Vladimir: “Drones around the clock”
March 9 “Vladimir »sent a message to the BBC in a telegram in which he reported that it was still in Sudzh, where” panic and collapse of the front. “
Ukrainian troops “They try to depart – columns of troops and equipment. Some of them smoke Russian drones on the road. It is impossible to leave in the afternoon. “
The movement of people, logistics and equipment depended on one main route between the Judge and the Sumy Region of Ukraine.
EPAAccording to the words “Vladimir ”, a month ago, this road could be relatively safe. But already by March 9, everything has become “Under the fire control of the enemy – the drone was flying around the clock. In one minute you can see two or three drones. It’s a lot, ”he said.
“We have all the material and technical support here on one route Sudzhi-Sumy. And everyone knew that [росіяни] They will try to cut it. But again it was a surprise for our command. “
At the time of writing the article, just before Russia returned the judge, “Vladimir” said that the Ukrainian forces were pressed on three sides.
Maxim: “The wreckage of cars blocks roads”
Until March 11, Ukrainian troops fought to prevent the road from cutting the road, according to Maxim’s telegram.
“A few days ago, we were ordered to leave the defense lines in an organized retreat,” he said, adding that Russia had gathered considerable forces to return the territory, including a large number of North Korean soldiers. “
According to military experts, Russia has raised the strength of up to 70,000 military to return to Kurchyna, including about 12,000 North Koreans.
The Russian Federation also sent its best drones to the front and used drones-Kamikadze and FPV to “Take the main logistics routes under fire control. “
There were also UAVs associated with operators of fiber wires that could not be drowned with electronic means of counteraction.
According to the words “Maxim “, as a result” the enemy managed to destroy dozens of pieces of equipment “and the fragments “created congestion on the ways of supply. “
Anton: “Catastrophic indentation”
Anton calls the situation “catastrophic” that day, March 11.
The third soldier who spoke with the BBC served at the Kursk Front command.
He also emphasized the damage caused to Russian FPV drones.
“Earlier we had the advantage in drones, now it is not, ”he said. Anton added that Russia has an advantage due to the exact air strikes and more troops.
He said that the supply routes were blocked. “Logistics no longer works – organized supply of weapons, ammunition, food and water is no longer impossible.”
“Anton ”said that he managed to get out of Sudzhi on foot, at night -“ several times almost died. The drones are constantly in the sky. “
ReutersThe military assumed that the whole bridgehead of Ukraine in Kurchyna would be lost, but “From a military point of view, the Kursk direction has exhausted itself. It makes no sense to keep it. ”
Western officials estimate that about 12,000 soldiers of the Armed Forces participated in the offensive of Ukraine in Kurshchyna. They were one of the best trained soldiers equipped with Western weapons, including tanks and armored vehicles.
Russian bloggers have posted videos that show the destruction or capture of some of this technique.
On March 13, Russia stated that the situation in the Kurshchyna is “completely under our control” and that Ukraine “left” a large part of its equipment.
Dmitry: “In centimeters from death”
In the posts on social networks 11-12 March the fourth soldier “Dmitry ”compared the retreat from the front with the Horror Scene.
“The roads are littered with hundreds of destroyed cars, armored vehicles and ATVs. There are many wounded and dead. “
According to him, several drones were often hunted by vehicles.
He described how the machine he was driving was shaking. He and his brothers tried to push the car when they aimed on Russian FPV-Dron.
UAV fell behind the vehicle, but wounded one of his comrades. According to the man, they had to hide for two hours in the woods before they were rescued.
Getty Images“Dmitry ”said that many Ukrainians retreated, and“ the boys went 15–20 km. ” The situation, he said, turned from “complex and critical to catastrophic”.
In the message on March 14 “Dmitry ”added:” In the Kursk region everything is over … The operation was not successful. “
According to him, thousands of Ukrainian military have died from the moment of the first transition to the territory of Russia in August.
Artem: “We fought like lions”
The fifth soldier sounded less gloomy about the situation.
March 13 “Artem ”sent a message from a military hospital where He was treated with shrapnel wounds obtained during a drone attack.
“Artem ”said that he fought west – near the village of Loknya, where Ukrainian troops resisted and“ fought like lions ”.
He believes that the operation has achieved some success.
“It is important that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have now created this buffer zone that thanks to which the Russians cannot go to amounts, ”he said.
What is going on now?
The Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Alexander Sirsky insists that Ukrainian troops have gone to “more favorable positions”, but remain in Kurshchyna and will do it “as much as it will be appropriate and necessary.”
According to him, Russia suffered more than 50,000 losses during surgery, including killed, wounded and captives.
However, the situation is very different from last August. Military analysts estimated that more than two -thirds of the territory of the bridgehead received at the beginning was lost.
Any hopes that Ukraine will be able to exchange the Kursk territory for its territory has been dispelled.
Last week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he believed that the Kursk operation “completed its task”, forcing Russia to recover troops from the east and reduce pressure on Pokrovsk.
But at what price is not clear yet.
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