A terrible story emerged from Avdiivka; The last messages revealed horror PHOTO/VIDEO
As CNN writes, they were later killed when Russian troops reached their positions.
CNN reports that Avdejevka was defended by the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade, which occupied a position known as Zenit and suffered heavy attacks.
The soldiers who were stationed there were desperately trying to escape from the ruins of the city, according to Viktor Biliak, one of the soldiers there, who described on Instagram the dangerous road ahead.
Russians executed 6 soldiers captured on Zenith position south of Avdiivka. That's one of them calling just before russians come in. Later russians published video with dead bodies. 3 executed fighters have been recognized by family members already.pic.twitter.com/FbxoNBs6gh
— Angry Ukrainian 🇺🇦 (@SmartUACat) February 18, 2024
Tanjug/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP
He wrote that as they fled, nothing could be seen and they looked like blind kittens being guided by a drone, while enemy artillery was all around them. The road, as he says, was full of dead people. In the end, the commander informed him over the radio that the wounded would not be evacuated. "There are six people left. It was difficult to read the messages they left us", said Biliak.
"I will never forget their despair. The bravest are those who die," he added in his harrowing post.
CNN recalls that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the decision to withdraw the Ukrainian army from Avdiivka was made in order to "save the lives of soldiers".
Ukrainian journalists working for Slidstvo.info managed to establish contact with the relatives of the abandoned and wounded Ukrainian soldiers.
"They waited for the evacuation vehicle for a day and a half. And when they realized...
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