The Russians fled, if the plan had succeeded...

Namely, he said that on the eve of their campaign, the weather conditions suddenly worsened, due to which the ground became even more muddy, and that the road on which they were supposed to start the attack was so rough that they were forced to go through the middle of the field, because of which their operation to attack the Russian territory was initially delayed.
That participant in the attack, who requested anonymity, also said that many of their vehicles were stuck in the mud, and some of them could not even be used in the planned action because of this. He also pointed out that this is why they failed to achieve everything they set out to do.
According to him, only a dozen cars and armored vehicles managed to break through to the border, and that around 150 people participated in the attack on Russia.
He also claims that there was no artillery shelling from the Ukrainian side, but that they themselves opened fire at the Gryvoron border crossing with 120 mm mortars.
"The crossing was guarded by border guards and motorized infantry. When we launched an attack under the protection of a tank, all the defenders ran away. They left their documents there. One of those who fled did not understand the situation quickly enough, got in the way and was killed. Another border guard, who was hiding in the basement, was captured," the anonymous source of Novaya Gazeta continued his claims.
"We also managed to launch two APCs and take at least one of them as a trophy. I'm not sure what happened to the other one. The video showing the two US Humvees (HMMWVs) was taken where our vehicles got stuck in the trenches near the border crossing. Fragile wooden bridges could not support their weight," he pointed out.
"After we captured the point,...