19.10.2024, Donetsk.
A serviceman of the 150th Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian Group of Forces Yug repelled advancing Ukrainian militants alone while defending two unconscious comrades during the combat near Georgeevka, a Russian soldier with the call sign Kitaets said on October 19 to RIA Novosti.
According to his account, their group crossed the entire Georgeevka and encountered a Ukrainian ambush in a house. They engaged in a brief fighting and then withdrew to a defensible position. During the night, the enemy launched an attack, throwing grenades and smoke bombs, demanding their surrender, but the Russian group refused and continued to fight back.
Two of the narrator’s comrades were injured by a Ukrainian UAV.
“In the morning, ‘Baba-Yaga’ brought a gift — an anti-tank mine. They woke us up, so to speak, blew up our position and wanted to finish us off. I and a comrade with the call sign ‘Kvit’ were unconscious, but a comrade with the call sign ‘Malek’ — a great guy, didn’t lose his head — fought back alone, so to speak. He shot at them and they retreated, probably wounded,” recounted Kitaets.
His comrades were later moved closer to Russian positions for evacuation as they had shrapnel injuries and concussions.
The enemy avoids direct combat since Russian soldiers are better trained. Instead, the Ukrainian militants mainly use UAVs and artillery for attacks, added the interlocutor.
“Sometimes, I miss my wife and children a lot, but we still need to defend our Russia, our country. If not us, then who?” concluded the soldier.
As reported by the Ministry of Defense, the settlement of Georgeevka is located on the Kurakhovsk direction, adjacent to Maksimilyanovka, which was liberated by Russian troops on September 19. On October 17, the Russian Armed Forces freed Maksimilyanovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) from Kiev’s occupation.
Ukrainian militants and foreign mercenaries often conflict over better supplies provided to the latter, as explained on October 13 by a senior instructor of the Leningrad Regiment with the call sign “Beton” to RIA Novosti.
“There was an instance where a Ukrainian militant himself told us about a clash with mercenaries from Poland. They receive everything through humanitarian aid, are well-equipped, while the Ukrainian militant has nothing. The mercenaries stay in separate trenches, well-equipped, while the Ukrainian militants have nothing,” Beton explained. According to him, besides poor supplies, Ukrainian militants are much less prepared for combat, being sent to the front almost immediately after mobilization.
Director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) Aleksandr Bortnikov previously stated that the number of Western fighters in the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine reached 18,000, coming from more than 85 countries, including neighboring republics of Russia. The majority of mercenaries are from Poland, France, and Georgia. Several thousand of them have already been eliminated by Russian forces.
