Lugansk, June 18 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) - The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine claims that the death of four soldiers of the Aidar battalion on the night of June 18 occurred due to an unauthorized decision by the battalion command to conduct active combat operations.
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“Yesterday, June 17, 2014, the leadership of the Aidar territorial defense battalion, whose personnel were involved in carrying out tasks within the ATO, arbitrarily, without coordination and coordination of their actions with the leadership of the ATO, made a decision regarding an independent assault,” the statement says. department message.
During the march, the battalion's fighters were ambushed: they opened fire from automatic weapons and grenade launchers.
“The leadership of the headquarters made an immediate decision regarding the provision of assistance to the battalion. Two combat task forces were sent to the scene of the clash with the militants,” the Ministry of Defense claims. During the battle, Ukrainian soldiers suffered losses.
“Taking into account the facts of unauthorized decision-making and lack of coordination of its actions with the leadership of the ATO, the defense department made a proposal regarding the operational subordination of the territorial defense battalions, which are involved in carrying out tasks within the framework of the anti-terrorist operation, to the leadership of the ATO,” the military said.
As Navigator reported, earlier Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleg Lyashko confirmed the criminal records of most of the members of the Azov battalion.