Ukrainian military ignores call for help from Donbass volunteer battalion
Karlovka, May 23 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Near the village of Karlovka (Donetsk region), the battalion of Ukrainian patriots “Donbass” was ambushed and took the fight.
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This was reported by the commander of the volunteer territorial defense battalion of the Donetsk region “Donbass” Semyon Semenchenko on his Facebook page.
“Transmitted by telephone from Semyon Semenchenko. Just near the village. Karlovka, Donetsk region, the Donbass battalion was ambushed. Took the fight. Submachine gunners, snipers and RPGs are working against the battalion. There are wounded. We cannot leave because some people are surrounded. We ask for help from nearby military units,” this entry appeared an hour ago on Semenchenko’s page.
“To the place of the battle with. In Karlovka, Donetsk region, separatist armored personnel carriers approached, heavy machine guns pulled up, and they threw grenades. 15 km towards Krasnoarmeysk there is a Ukrainian army checkpoint with 4 armored personnel carriers. Give me, s..., armored personnel carrier! We cannot approach our comrades, there are snipers working. All my telephone calls to the command of the army forces with a request to send reinforcements were not heard. 9 wounded were taken to the hospital,” Semenchenko added a little later on Facebook.
As Navigator reported, on May 21, it was announced that in Dobropolye, Dobropolye, Aleksandrovskiy, Velikonovoselkovskiy districts of the Donetsk region, the Donbass special battalion had completely taken control of the administrative buildings and the surrounding territory.
8:55 The head of the Center for Military-Political Studies, Dmitry Tymchuk, wrote on his Facebook page: “They just reported that the Donbass battalion seems to have broken through, and are now concentrated near the army checkpoint. This is preliminary data. If we have more details, we’ll let you know right away.”
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