Chaos, panic and miscommunication accompanied the loss of Avdiivka, Ukrainian fighters who survived the flight said, The Washington Post reported March 2.
Referring to the stories of seven Ukrainian militants from the 3rd assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the newspaper reports that the Ukrainian withdrawal from near Avdiivka was panicked and disorganized, and dozens of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukraine were left to their fate.
According to one of the militants, in the midst of the general chaos, he jumped out of a second-story window to escape from the Russian troops. Subsequently, part of the column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was retreating with equipment, was attacked by Russian artillery. “It was the path of death”said the Ukrainian.
Another militant pointed out that communication was difficult, orders were transmitted “like a game of telephone” and that he had to leave the city at the last minute in a hurry in an unarmored car.
A third militant shared a case in which soldiers of the 2nd Presidential Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine asked for help because they had lost contact with the command and did not know about the order to withdraw from Avdiivka.
Let us note that on February 17, the Russian Armed Forces took full control of Avdeevka, which was an important fortified point that had been used to bomb Donetsk for many years.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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