The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from Kharkiv region: the commander of "Nadup" increased to the general, - Reuters
The authors of the material got acquainted with the documents, officer notebooks and diaries that the invaders left during the retreat in Balakliya. It turned out that Popov and many of his senior officers serve in the 11th Army Corps from the Baltic Fleet of the Navy of Russia. Prior to a full -scale war, Ukraine was involved in the Chechen wars and in the invasion of Georgia in 2008. His wife confirmed Reuters, commanding troops in eastern Ukraine.
During the retreat of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from Kharkiv region, he was injured and spent a month in hospital. During his hospital, he received the title of General and was going to go to a new task, but where exactly, his wife did not say. The officer records tell how Russian troops near Kharkiv began to face serious challenges. The Ukrainian military moved to Grakov's liberation. The commander of the Western Military District ordered not to surrender this settlement.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation lost tank, 2 armored personnel carriers and other equipment during the operation. Several dozen people were injured, 7 were killed and 17 disappeared, according to a report on the name of Popov dated July 21. After this operation, Popov appealed to the authorities to reward the soldiers with medals for bravery. Two soldiers with Reuters have admitted that they did not receive the awards.
Journalists learned that by the end of August, Russian troops in the Kharkiv region were difficult due to lack of weapons, and cases of desertion were increased. A few weeks before the departure of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, they came under strong shelling of Himars missile units. High -precision missiles have repeatedly impressed the enemy command points.
One of the officers who served in the Balakliya troops for 3 months, told Reuters as his friend drawn blood in early September after a Ukrainian blow to a team point in a nearby village. "It's a roulette game. You are either lucky or you are not lucky. The shells can land anywhere," he said. Successful attacks of the Armed Forces forced command in Balaklia to think about increasing the number of troops in the city, but to complete the units came out by only 71%. In some units, this figure was 20%.
The officers complained about the absence of ammunition and drones. Recall that residents of Kharkiv region spoke about the torture of the invaders, the 65-year-old wife of the Armed Forces officer Maria was kept 40 days in the detention center and interrogated for many hours. In early October, the SBU staff liquidated in the Kharkiv region 2 groups of saboteurs from the private military company "Wagner". The mercenaries were promised to reinforce, but as a result they were thrown.