The Russian Federation was preparing a blow in the back: the general told whether Mariupol could be saved from occupation
According to the general, it was impossible to save the city - the advantage of the enemy in that direction was about 1: 7 or even 1:10. Therefore, for the breakthrough, the Ukrainian military had to have 3-4 brigades, at least, and in fact had only one, and incomplete, which the commander then removed from the front line. Pavlyuk tells that then it was possible to get to Mariupol. However, the powerful grouping of the enemy came to the rear of Ukrainian troops. "We were able to regroup (forces.
- Ed. ), But still those forces and means were not able to stop the armade that went to us. They cut the main road and the group remained surrounded," the general recalls. He adds that the command then immediately began to take measures to create a group to break the corridor to release the 95th separate landing brigade. "Given the blow from the north, I had to save (fighters. - Ed. ), Because if they completed their task, again 10 brigades would be surrounded," he stressed.
After regrouping, Pavlyuk began to prepare a brigade for a counterattack. "We could not do the impact group because another (hostile. - ed. They found. The brigade coped well, "he said. In general, Pavlyuk noted that the Mariupol group saved the south of the full cutting of Ukraine from the Black Sea. The new commander of the Armed Forces Land Forces Alexander Pavlyuk said that at the beginning of the invasion, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed 7 enemy aircraft.