Soldiers of 128th SHMB, who had been holding their positions in Zaporizhzhia for 199 days: We had to fire by sound alone, there were no night-vision goggles. VIDEO
Soldiers from the 128th SHMB relieved their wounded comrades in the village of Prymorske (Zaporizhzhia Oblast), 20 km from the regional capital. The defenders engaged in firefights with Russian forces for 199 days.
According to Censor.NET, they spoke about this in an interview with the ‘Butusov Plus’ channel.
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Hennadii Maksymov and Mykhailo Boshkov say that the instructor stated there was a need for two volunteers to replace wounded comrades, to which they agreed.
At times, the defenders had to not only engage in firefights with the Russian occupiers, but also enter into dialogue to buy time and be the first to open fire.
At the same time, they noted, the winter frost worked more in the Ukrainian soldiers’ favour.
"They (the Russians) had been marching for several hours; they were frozen stiff, and their hands weren’t in a state to fire. Again, the frost worked in our favour. Some even came running to us looking for food," say Mykhailo and Hennadii.
Nine occupiers killed
During one of the night-time battles, the soldiers eliminated nine Russian invaders.
"We were firing at the sounds, and my partner threw a grenade because we didn’t have night vision goggles. They’re expensive. We heard they’d snuck up on us. They’re young, quick as saigas, running around these areas. They started breaking into our house. They started breaking the bars, the ones we’d secured there.
First, Hena spoke to them, then I threw a grenade. And then they… They didn’t like our hospitality; they left their weapons behind. One ran off straight away, the other a few minutes later, while we were reporting the firefight. They left us ammunition, weapons as trophies, and personal belongings. But we have hope that this is indeed our 10th man. Because he was moderately wounded, he ran through the freezing night without a first-aid kit; he left everything with us. We regret a little that we didn’t have night-vision goggles, so we couldn’t...", they noted.
