Posted on 06/19/2023 9:54:49 PM PDT by 11th_VA
The deputy commander killed was said to be from the Storm Ossetia battalion, and was named Tekhov Aivengo.
He was allegedly surrounded along with his battalion, and about 300 Russian soldiers were killed.
The propagandists write that this unit had allegedly "decided to stand to the end."
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Malyar confirmed that the Ukrainian military had liberated the village of Pyatykhatky in Zaporizhzhya Oblast.
In total, during the two weeks of the offensive in the Berdyansk and Melitopol sectors of the front, the Tavria grouping units have de-occupied eight settlements ...
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
It turns out this story is fake news
Fake, like virtually everything posted here by the pro-Ukr crowd.
https://twitter.com/mdfzeh/status/1670852492857311240
Sounds more like a company, not a battalion.
Like 99.93% of what they post here.
Naw! Fake news? Say it ain’t so! 😏
Wow - thanks for the ‘Fake News’ update
You say you’ve noticed that the idiots lie a lot??
“The propagandists write”
No bias in reporting there.
“ Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Malyar confirmed that the Ukrainian military had liberated the village of Pyatykhatky in Zaporizhzhya Oblast.”
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REALLY?
Voenkor Rezervist writes:
“The Battle of Pyatikhatki (Five Houses) will go down in military history.
The settlement is in the lowlands. To the south—our forces stand on the heights with artillery, assisted by the airforce.
AFU is pushing into the village, because it’s a sort of a key to further advance—a fork in the road.
We provoke, retreat, they enter, we burn them and return. And so it goes on day after day.
It is clear to everyone that the Ukrainians have to pass through Pyatikhatki to move forward, but that is the art of the Russian Armed Forces: they can not go further. They can go in and die. Or they don’t go further at all.
When there will be an opportunity to show all the burnt equipment and soldiers of the AFU at Pyatikhatki, the world will be horrified.”
GB: Illustrative maps provided.”
** ping to the Plop for Mount Athos; Trumpisourlastchance; ganeemead; McGruff; House Atreides
In the Russian army they deploy battalions that come home as companies. Old Russian tradition.
Don't eat their shit. Better watch this battle song of ww2.
https://youtu.be/Wr-fCvcshzI
Russian apologists very upset
so it must be true then!
Russian apologists very upset==
Amused not upset. After it is YOU who eat this shit.
It’s past your bedtime, Chummyboy.
hey ... just curious ...
what’s your guess on how long this war will last?
I’m thinking 5-7 years ... by that time, Russia will be broke
I’ve noticed that most of the bright Canadians aren’t in favor of the Ukies - even though Canada has a substantial Ukrainian immigrant population...
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