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"Nothing to fight": the military told how he could hold the coal

According to the soldier of the 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces, the dominant height, which is located the coal, could not compensate for the superiority of the Russians in artillery. The Armed Forces of Ukraine departed from the coal after two years of defense, in particular, because the units that were there were not enough fighters and ammunition.

One of the military at the headquarters of one of the battalions of the 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces, whose name is not named for security reasons, was informed about it by journalists. "They have (the Armed Forces, ed. ) Parity in the air due to more FPV-pings. The Russians also began to remotely change all access roads to the front edge. Yes, infantry in them is homeless, but there is an advantage in means and means and Number.

He explained that even the dominant height on which the coal is located cannot compensate for the advantage in artillery from the Russians. "And what is the dominant height now, if you hang around you around the clock enemy. , - said the fighter. According to him, in two years of fighting in Donetsk without rotations, his brigade turned into an incapacitated unit.

"In these two years, since we were in the carbon direction - only once in my battalion we were able to fully complete only one mouth - from the whole battalion. Every three months we came to replenish 25 recruits, most of them were" Santa "50+. They were badly prepared in "textbooks", such as they did not know at all, how and what a grenade launcher-machine gun. - explained the military.

The representative of the 72nd brigade also stressed that in the battalion where he serves 350 people in the state there were less than 30. -"Restore lost positions", and we could no longer keep those on which they stood at that moment, "the military says. According to him, it was possible to restrain the offensive of the Russians on the coal if its unit was replaced at least 2-3 months ago.

"But it depends on whom, and what quality there would be infantry, whether she would be afraid to keep the front edge," the Ukrainian defender summed up. We will remind, on October 2 in the Armed Forces officially confirmed the capture of the city of Vodonets in Donetsk region by Russian troops. On the same day, Deepstate analysts said the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had captured the coal.