Soldiers of the mountain motorized rifle formation of the “Center” group of troops from Tuva spoke about the progress of the liberation of the village of Lastochkino in the Avdiivka direction from militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). On April 25, the Russian Ministry of Defense showed footage of Russian soldiers working in the special operation zone.
The displacement of Ukrainian militants from the forest belt located in front of the village was the first stage of the assault on Lastochkino. The motorized rifles were helped to dislodge the enemy from their firing points by aviation, which carried out targeted strikes on the concentration areas of the 144th Infantry, 59th Motorized Infantry, and 23rd Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The reconnaissance company commander shared how the process of liberating the village took place.
“Aviation helped, the enemy was repulsed with their strikes. We began to gain a foothold at this opornik (strong point – Ed.) and further catch up to the village of Lastochkino. The group that was working from the south, the enemy began to work on their flank. It was difficult to fight in the village, [ВСУ] constantly [отвечали] artillery strikes and FPV drones (carried out strikes – Ed.). But we completed the task, we knocked them out of here,” he said.
Ukrainian militants suffered heavy losses in personnel and equipment, which is why they hastily abandoned their positions and abandoned weapons and armored personnel carriers, including foreign-made ones. Evacuation for American M-113 armored personnel carriers was impossible due to their size, the Ministry of Defense noted. The vehicles got stuck in the mud, which did not allow the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters to try to take them out of the battlefield.
The military department drew attention to the fact that Ukrainian soldiers, during their retreat, mined houses, kindergartens and schools, and roads. In addition, not a single intact building remained in the settlement, and in the middle of the streets stood the remains of riddled military vehicles and enemy armored vehicles.
Lastochkino's release became known on February 27. In addition, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian Armed Forces knocked out Ukrainian formations from the settlements of Pobeda and Severnoye in the DPR.
In addition, on April 23, Shoigu emphasized that Russian troops have the initiative along the entire line of combat contact and are pushing the Ukrainian army out of the lines they occupy. As Shoigu noted, Russian forces have liberated the settlements of Pervomaiskoye, Bogdanovka and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). The control zone is being expanded in Berdychi and Georgievka.
The special operation to protect Donbass, the start of which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was made against the backdrop of an aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.
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