After the capture of Bakhmut by russians, the Ukrainian army is on counter-offensive on the city outskirts in order to encircle the enemy in the destroyed city. This operation is lasting more than a month. Battles take place for each height around Bakhmut. Nastya Stanko and Kolyan Pastyko witnessed the storming of russian positions by the 225th battalion of the Kharkiv Territorial Defense, north of the city near the Sloviansk-Bakhmut highway. A few days before, the fighters of this unit had already had a successful counteroffensive, after which they took prisoners from the "Veterans" PEC.
Everyone is taking part in the second assault: the n**ew troops and those who were in the previous battle, wounded in it, and returned to the formation. The battalion works under the command of the 56th Brigade of the Armed Forces, which helps them with heavy artillery. But the Territorial Defense soldiers have mortars of their own as well as a well-coordinated air reconnaissance team. hromadske witnessed how many people and means are involved in an assault on russian positions, where the target is 300 m of commanding height.
Commander of the assault is the battalion commander “Sirko”: / sirko_oleg86
Artillery has already worked on the positions of russians. Evening is near, and the assault group begins to move...
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