The international delegation, headed by Ana Lucía Bueno, ICRC Public Health Coordinator, and Sujit Panda, Head of the Physical Rehabilitation…
Infantrymen Denys, callsign “Bars”, and Dmytro, callsign “K2”, from the 93rd Mechanized Brigade “Kholodnyi Yar” returned from a position near the city of Kostiantynivka, where they had held the defense for 130 days.
The story about the fighters was published on the brigade’s channel on December 23.
According to the infantrymen, the most difficult moment was the first small-arms contact with the enemy: “That was the scariest part. After that, it was like clockwork. It’s good when you’re the one shooting, not being shot at”.
Overall, the fighters account for seven eliminated occupiers. From dead Russian soldiers, “Bars” and “K2” took radios and for another two months listened in on them, gathering all information about enemy movements and transmitting it to the battalion command post.
The fighters also showed off a trophy weapon — an AK-12 assault rifle. Denys’s personal rifle was buried during an enemy FPV drone attack, so he had to use the enemy’s weapon in combat.
The fighters were evacuated from the position on a quad bike with a trailer. Along with them, a 23-year-old Russian prisoner of war, Danila Sychov from Volgograd, was also taken out.
During the fighting, he surrendered to fighters from a neighboring position, but there was no possibility to evacuate him. As a result, he stayed with the Ukrainian soldiers at the positions for more than two months.
