"Everyone is waiting, counting how many boys have passed in a day, and there may even be several corpses of our boys 10 or 20 meters away," says "Papai", the chief sergeant of the 501st separate battalion of Marines, on the counterattack. He repeats the well-known phrase of the Commander-in-Chief that the counteroffensive is not a show, and reminds of the price that is behind each freed landing. His battalion as part of the 36th separate marine brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilinsky is participating in the counteroffensive in the Berdyansk direction. This is symbolic, because the 501st battalion, restored after the infamous events in Mariupol, was based in Berdyansk before the invasion.
Berdyansk is like "that landing," says “Kompas”, the tank company commander, pointing to the horizon. "You can see it, but if you go on foot, it will be very difficult to reach it in such heat," “Kompas” says.
The Ukrainian military often talks about landmines as the main obstacle that slows down the offensive. But the russians, despite the fact that they were expecting an attack, are also facing problems.
"It is more difficult for them with logistics here. We constantly break their warehouses. HIMARS work, everything works. The enemy here goes crazy. There were days when they were just silent," says the commander of the “Wolf” UAV group.
In this report, hromadske journalists show how the various units of the 36th Brigade interact during the offensive and what difficulties they face in liberating the territory.
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19 июл 2023
