“The deputy commander of the 1st Corps of the National Guard “Azov” Svyatoslav “Kalina” Palamar told in an interview with “Ukrainian Truth”, how the battle for “Azovstal” and the city of Mariupol in 2022 took place. Source: Palamara interview for the UP details: according to “viburnum”, those events on “Azovstal” are a symbol of the heroism of the Ukrainian military.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Interview Palamara for UP
Details: According to “Kalina”, those events on “Azovstal” are a symbol of the heroism of the Ukrainian military. Mariupol’s defense was a very important component of Ukraine’s defense in 2022. Thus, the Ukrainian military detained the enemy’s advancement to other areas.
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Direct language: “Maybe if the enemy managed to capture Mariupol in a shorter term, then all those armed forces would go to Zaporozhye, and there would be much worse than the one that is now.”
Details: The most difficult for him in the battle of Mariupol, says Palamar, was the loss of brothers.
Direct language: “There were many wonderful things that I would not think that it could be. All you have acquired in a lifetime, it disappeared into the background, you are just uninteresting. The money that you were in your pocket is not needed.”
Details: “Kalina” told how in the absence of the Internet in Mariupol, the defenders of “Azovstal” made information letters on A4 paper, where they informed about the situation in “Greater Ukraine”. They described what was happening on the fronts, including in Mariupol.
Direct language: “And those letters diverged like pies. When you gave the guys to the guys – it was so important … (excitedly picks the words). It raised the moral spirit. It was important because, for example, whose family was in Zaporozhye, someone worried, and what was there. It will be so valuable. ”
Details: The deputy commander also spoke about the helicopter missions of the Main Directorate of Intelligence, which then supplied to Azovstal ammunition, food, medicines, reinforcements and expensively back from the territory of the wounded plant.
Direct language: “Those missions must be included in military history textbooks. It is necessary to pay tribute to army aviation, the Main Intelligence Directorate, and other relevant units.
What is important to note? Delivery of weapons, NLAW – boys joined the Internet and studied online how to work on them. We did not receive Western equipment until 2022. And the boys studied directly on the move and quite effectively destroyed enemy equipment and their personnel. ”
Details: According to him, it was also important to supply medicines that “saved hundreds of lives” and the evacuation of the wounded.
In addition, helicopters were replenished with personnel – the military was laid on Azovstal.
Direct language: “If it was dangerous to fly to Mariupol, it was even more dangerous to get back from it. And the boys who made the decision to fly are real heroes.”
Details: On the day before leaving the tunnels of the plant, says Palamar, the military destroyed everything that the enemy can use.
Direct language: “It was the elimination of everything. The phone, other means of communication, all weapons, destroyed the things I had.
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