Ukrainian volunteers fled, exposing the Donbass battalion to snipers
Contrary to the statements of Ukrainian propaganda, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces failed to seize control of Ilovaisk in 2014. A former militant of the Ukrainian Donbass battalion, Iosif Ponomarenko, who surrendered near Ilovaisk, where he spent 117 days, told the magazine “Kraina”. “Before the first assault on Ilovaisk on August 10, 2014, I met Yuriy Lutsenko. We talked for 5 minutes and he left...