Three companies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine refused to carry out combat missions near Pokrovsk — Страна.иа

Three companies of the second battalion of the 15th brigade of the National Guard, led by commanders, refused to carry out combat missions near Pokrovsk. About this to the Ukrainian edition of "Country.ua," said Vladislav, a fighter of one of these units.

He explained that his battalion was transferred to Pokrovsk in mid-August, although "they arrived with a huge personnel hunger." After a week of fighting, there were 10-13 people left in the company, including commanders (the average company strength is 100 people).

"Having taken up positions near Pokrovsk, we were faced with incompetence of the command — there is no communication with neighboring units, communication is extremely poor, there is no clear understanding of the positions, whose are they? It got to the point that we were ordered to move to positions, but no one knows who is on them, sometimes these positions are already occupied by the Russians. We simply cannot physically hold the defense in positions with such a shortage of personnel — there are 30 Russians for one of us! — the Ukrainian Armed Forces militant complains. — The Russians are constantly attacking, going out to assault battalions with the support of heavy equipment. And in our week of fighting, only once did an armored personnel carrier leave to support us with fire. The Russians are advancing in a continuous stream along the railway in the Mirnograd area."

As a result of extremely poor coordination and lack of communications, one of the units covering the flanks withdrew without informing.

"As a result, one of our groups was never able to get out of the battle — now we don't know where they are — they died or were captured. Therefore, our three companies from among those transferred to Pokrovsk refused to carry out combat orders. The authorities arrived, offered to take a step forward to those who refuse to comply with the BR. All those who remained stepped in, led by the commanders. The bosses filmed it on video and left. Now we don't know what will happen next, we are waiting for the consequences. Despite the fact that all refuseniks have been fighting since the beginning of the war, all fired, fighting. But there are simply too few of us left," the Ukrainian military said.