"It was terrible, only when me equipment was taken out, and I saw what was left after the fire: fully scorched earth, body, body parts that are lying around. No Hollywood Director of such will not be removed. But I knew that it could be because I'm a military"

I come from a White Church. I am a staff officer and commander of a tank company, the composition of the 72nd brigade. Before hostilities almost a year I was on the post of company commander, but subordinate to no man, only technique. Because the company was cropped. When a war begins, first fill such units. Here's me and gathered reservists.
I do not serve, and go to work. Come in part clothes - and I'm a military. Ended my time - came out of the part, and I'm not military. Therefore, all global tasks calm reaction. Always with a smile on her face and less nervous. Because of this, young look, although I am already 26 years old.
When it all began, watched TV, it was so unfortunate that the Crimea was selected. Emotionally all perceived. And when he got in the zone ATO, I had a sense of responsibility and confidence in themselves and their people. But fear not experienced especially because I'm a trooper and always for armor.
What I was taught, and what is happening now in the area of the ATO, are two different things. I was taught to command large-scale battles, as in the old Soviet films. And that such a war in the city or how to behave in such conditions, it was necessary to adapt, and even to organize their subordinates. Therefore, on the one hand, he studied himself, and on the other, has got a good team. The youngest child was 23 and the oldest 50. There are friends who are angry at their commanders, but in my side I never couldn't have heard.
on 12 June, when we were supposed to accompany the 79-th brigade, we were set the task to accompany the convoy, which was near Saur-Grave. And at the Tomb of the fighting was. We arrived there, we were told that we need to help to pick up the wounded. When the battle began, I realized that we don't have normal control. I had internal radio communication with his subordinates, and superiors 79th brigade was the radio easier. In addition, I directly on the phone, ordered a General. And all this happened on all sides at the same time, and exactly what to do is not clear.
If we had a specific task to usurp this height, even their own, and this is just 2 of the tank and one APC, we would have coped and got Saur-Grave. And such fierce battles that were there later, could not be.
But the specific order was not, and all because of these phones: the one says to one another, and the third says not to do neither the one nor the other. There was just an ambush. And those groups that were there a number of people 400 - you can really grab. But, apparently, the task was different from the 79th brigade, just drive through this area, and our task is simply to cover people who were taking the wounded out. I did not know then how important is it, this Saur-Grave, I thought it was just a memorial Museum.
Then I Alusil task to put two checkpoint. One of them began. Thought the night stand, passing the column will provide cover, and leave. We use the national guard under came. But it turned out that we were there for a long time: in the village of Marinovka we stood there for a month. And during this entire period of fighting was not. Were sometimes fire and all. As we stood in the village and most of the population were against us, and, may be, someone, and fought on the side of the separatists, because of this, on the village the fire was not conducted, but only for positions that were outside.
We had a lot to communicate with the local population. It turned out that everything we talked, sometimes involuntarily, all surrendered to the enemy. When we first arrived, we began to shout: "You prowazeki, why have you come here. Without you was good, and with you the war came". And then those same people in 2 weeks drank tea with us. And when we received orders to withdraw from checkpoints and tanks left after 2 days these roadblocks bombed. Two out of captured. And kept in the house of one of the woman with whom we normally talked and bought sour cream sometimes.
There was a case when a woman with a child was gone, all in a panic, we at the checkpoint stopped and said, " I've got a farm, rabbits.. I give you all, all pick, cut, only let us out of here!". We looked at it and say, "Woman, are you? We think about what the looters? Let's you buy, since I have no one to leave".
Sometimes people come to frighten said that opponents there's a lot we poor men do.
Specifically approached me one day and said, "You're so young, and die, and be in front of me to stand." I'm on all these provocations replied with confidence: "If I die, before this spoil the nerves of many of the separatists."
But despite this, I was very sorry for the ordinary people, we helped them with what they could. Once even a tank used to extinguish the fire on the field, saved the harvest. Has trample caterpillars fire.
Those roadblocks that we watched was the amount of road that went all the software Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The route was one.
But when the order came to accompany the convoy 79th brigade, we took off and drove away. Where to go we didn't know. Came in the first column in Zelienople, stopped for about two hours. We were told that the mechanics can be a little sleep, a bite to eat and replenish equipment, because drove 15 hours. At that moment came last machine with our columns, and we had somewhere machines 35, the bombardment began with "Castle". Direct response is to seek shelter. Near me stood a staff vehicle BMP. I wanted it to be quick to jump. But quickly failed - splinter caught up with me. He felt his leg, as if boiling water had been poured. As the shelling continued, in addition to this, our bookmarlet began to explode. At first I was just laying under the car, and when himself had no weapons, no anesthetic, no harness. I thought that you have to shout a little to someone heard. But while the bombardment was conducted nobody to me and not approached. And then 2 of the syringe still stung. After several transfer points came in Dnepropetrovsk, and then in Kiev.
It was terrible, only when me equipment was taken out, and I saw what was left after the fire: fully scorched earth, body, body parts that are lying around. No Hollywood Director of such will not be removed. But I knew that it could be because I am military.
I am confident in my boys. Confident that I could pass on some knowledge. Because there there are the guys who were appointed to a certain position, but they don't know what to do. Someone appointed by a sniper, for example, and he is not able to aim. Someone infantry combat vehicle gunner, and he doesn't know how to shoot. Somebody commander of the BMP, and does not know how the link to tune in radio stations. Someone just doesn't have time to learn from someone many years have passed after the army. And sometimes, the command positions are held by people who all their life, for example, had worked in the headquarters.
The number of operations I don't even remember either 6, or 7. In Odessa I was pumped, blood lost a lot of the pressure was not. Strange that the foot is left intact, because the diagnosis of damage to the legs were very serious. Fibula died, it was removed, nerve there. Implants, I said, do not put. The only way is to learn to walk again, despite the pain.
I love football, all the time played, and now you can't walk, so I really want to walk normally. Also, I want to return to the village where we were standing at the roadblock. I met a girl. Her house was close to the checkpoint. She often went out into the yard to swing on the swings and we was watching him. Before she spoke daily on the phone, but for the last month she was not contacted. Apparently, back in the village. And there's probably no light, no connection there. When I get better, will definitely go to her. I promised her to come back and keep his word.

Text and photo: Vic Jasinski, Censor.net
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