The Ukrainian readout said Zelensky shared details about the situation on the conflict's front lines and how it might develop in May and June, as anticipation builds for Kyiv's counteroffensive. Vitaliy states his unit lost seven tanks, but that the crew escaped alive.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his French counterpart held a phone call Sunday, discussing what Emmanuel Macron’s readout called France’s “commitment to provide all necessary assistance to Ukraine in order to restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity.” Photos posted on Russian social media confirm Ukrainian forces left behind at least 8 abandoned or destroyed T-64BV tanks, one T-72B, a few BMP and BTR troop carriers, and an Uragan rocket-artillery truck. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images) Getty Images Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine has prompted widespread condemnation from European countries, coupled with sanctions on Russia and promises of military support for Ukraine. Ukrainians from the eastern and central parts of the country have increasingly fled to western cities as Russian forces advance toward Kyiv from three sides. He is survived by his mother, five brothers and a sister, his wife and his one-year-old son. Denys Hrynchuk was killed on February 28, 2022, near Volnovakha, Donetsk region. holds the arm of her deceased husband and son Maksymon Main Chernivtsi region. So I was constantly running under shell fire, warming it up, helping guys who abandoned their vehicle, or whose battery died or they had power go out, I’d go have a look.”īILA KRYNYTSIA, UKRAINE - MARCH 5: Khrystyna Hrynchuk, 29, the wife of deceased Denys Hrynchuk. The vehicle needs to be warmed up of course to stay in working condition, to be able to get out and do the work on short notice. Vasyl recalls in the video: “Every day and night-shelling. There’s no need to shoot, they’ll simply run away from us.”Īrtillery proved a greater threat. If there’s a breakdown with a vehicle, say it doesn’t turn properly, that’s it, they bail out. And they’re very fast to abandon a vehicle.
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These are just children, not trained, villagers used only to manual labor. Vitaliy concurs in his account: “Their IFVs, APCs, tanks were simply going up in flames. (Photo by Leon Klein/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Some citizens who died were buried by their family directly next to their homes. Civilians have been seeking refuge in basements in Volnovakha, Ukraine's Donetsk area, for more than two weeks. That said, DPR T-72s are mostly older models lacking many of the upgrades on Russia’s latest T-72B3 tanks.ĭONETSK, UKRAINE - MARCH 11: A tank is seen in Volnovakha, Donetsk, Ukraine on March 11, 2022. Vitaly felt the battle revealed the superior performance of Ukraine’s T-64s over Russian T-72 tanks, claiming they were faster firing, have better distributed armor protection, and are more reliable, which he says may also be due to more experienced mechanics. Then all of the sudden there’s an explosion in front of your tank. Say you see a target, but you don’t know whether you hit it or it rolled back into cover. Vitaliy emphasized the stress and fear of experiencing combat for the first time: (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the city of Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on March 12, 2022. VOLNOVAKHA, UKRAINE - MARCH 12: Civilians are seen in a bomb shelter under the hospital amid. Of course, we had to relocate periodically, because we couldn’t stay in one spot.” But no one got scared, no one ran away, everyone stood on spot. There was an explosion under the tank and the crew simply fled.”Īs for Ukrainian losses, Vasyl recalled “Although one of our tanks was hit there, the crew survived. A round landed near enemy vehicle, our gunner shot under the enemy tank. The T-64 came to a stop 200 meters away and fired the first shot. “Our T-64 rolled out on a position that happened to be just 200 meters in front of the enemy tank. Vitaly describes the incident as follows: Vehicles? Two tanks, immediately, two BMPs, just 5 minutes into the battle.”īoth Vasyl and Vitaliy report one tank was captured. I could only see the asphalt in front of me due to the explosions, fires and so on.”Īsked about the losses inflicted, Vasyl recalled: ‘they were saying later on the new that only 50 of them came, well, I saw at least 50 bodies.
Vasyl recounts: “There was smoke everywhere, and also snow.
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