The story of the battle may 5, 2014, under Slavonic: they say one of the senior officers of "alpha" in that fight and paratrooper 95 brigade Paul (Bear).

Head of special forces of SBU "alpha" Colonel A., one of the leaders of the operation and participant of the battle:

"At that moment under the Slavic acted out a combined unit comprising units 1,2, 4 offices, units from Vinnitsa, Sumy, 8th canine service. More than 100 people.

For the effectiveness of our combat use answered the headquarters of the ATC - temporarily acting head of the CSO "And" Colonel V., head of the ATC Krutov. What decisions they took or did not take - from my side would be incorrect to evaluate. At the time of the battle on may 5 was the replacement of command and the "alpha" unit headed by Colonel..

In the shelling of Kramatorsk airport on April 28, was slightly wounded one soldier - splinter Wagga. May 2, one of the division participated in the battle together with "omega" on the outskirts of Kramatorsk. On the same day of division "alpha" from Chernivtsi and Lutsk were landed under the Konstantinovka at the TV tower and destroyed its equipment. The enemy quickly pulled the power, and the fight began. Help surrounded by his comrades came a detachment, which we sent at night, reinforced by armored personnel carriers NSU squad omega. As a result, the task was completed, we had six lightly wounded.

5 may we, together with units of the national guard under the command of Colonel Asvalue moved and the airport of Kramatorsk on Raisins. Our route was through the Project. On the eve of one of our units traveled to Slavyansk from the red Estuary, through Crimson, which was the 4th checkpoint.

Our column is also reached the area of the 4th checkpoint. There we met 4 of the BTR of the 8th regiment of the special forces of the armed forces. The group commander informed us that he completed the task for exploration of Semenivka, and that the enemy in Semenivka is not detected. Exploration of the 8th regiment to detect the enemy could not, perhaps they just missed. So our column went directly.

We decided to Isabelica: in the "oasis" at the Semenivka where there could be an ambush, dismount with armored vehicles, deployed on the flanks and MOP up the "greenery" in the direction of motion.

We had an important tactical advantage. On the eve of the "omega" seized the radio station of terrorists, and now we listened to their talks on their frequency.

We approached the village of Semenivka. And then I heard the terrorists were talking - they report that they see the approach of the APC and van. We assumed it was our group that comes to meet us. Asavelûk asked her - "are You going to meet us? You were found".

We were in readiness to fire the contact and pulled up to Semenivka, heard opened fire KPVT heavy on the APC. Our reported that they had engaged in battle. At this point, shelling and our column. It happened on the very spot where on April 13 was an attack against Kuznetsova and died Gennady Bilichenko.

We quickly dispersed through the green paint and went forward, toward our fellows. The enemy had taken up positions on both sides of the track.

We progressed slowly, but constantly maintained a high density of fire. And very efficiently and smoothly worked band which went through the "greenery" on the flanks. One group of our squad was left in place. There was a faulty APC in tow, and two unarmored side of the machine. It would be unwise to risk it. So after our break they turned around and drove back to the 4th checkpoint, and arrived safely in the Raisins later, a detour through the Red estuary.

Our column could also bypass the area of the battle, but we are already after the attack on the group at the intersection were required to get to our fellows. The attack from two sides also threatened the flanks of the enemy.

Thanks to our friends who took the brunt of the enemy at a railway crossing, we were able to perform the task without serious loss. Our column is broke, and we had only those with minor injuries.

At the beginning of the famous video of the battle in Semenovka you can see lying on the side of the road Russian fighter Colonel Asavelûk picks up the gun. It was a bearded man, who jumped into the road. In his hand was a grenade, which he did not have time to throw. Generally, the enemy acted pretty reckless. However, for us it was fine, we were constantly aimed fire, no one wavered.

Distance fights were short and 100-150 meters.

Our group was able to pick up the wounded Sergey S. from Sumy "alpha". Personally Asavelûk, another "omegaven" and I - the three of us picked up S., then I could not recognize it, the whole face was covered with blood.

As a result of the fight among our problems can highlight primarily the lack of fire support, and the lack of interaction, especially between soldiers and the crews of armored vehicles. For most children it was the first fight in my life, and it's hard to blame them. But if the interaction was more dense, many losses could be avoided. However, it was the first big fight in the war, and to assume that such large forces fighters decide to attack military convoy, nobody could.

Summary detachment, which was coming toward us, lost three men killed, and four by the severe wounded ones.

Died valiantly instructor Ruslan Lojewski and the commander of the Sumy "alpha" Alexander Anischenko. Died thrower "Jaguar".

Ruslana there's not even supposed to be, he volunteered to go into battle willingly. Ruslan came as a security officer commander of "alpha" S. They were at the checkpoint 3-A. When dis came out to meet us, Ruslan said that can't stay on the block until comrades go into battle, and went with them, volunteered. He died by the end of the battle, for a long time he conducted aimed fire. Ruslan was the acknowledged master of parachuting, hand-to-hand combat and rifle shooting range, was a participant and winner of many tournaments in shooting.

Sasha Anishchenko and his men from Sumy went ahead and took the brunt. No one wavered, they clearly worked.

Think very deservedly Ruslan Lojewski and Alexander Anischenko awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.

The monument at the grave Ruslan Lushevskogo.

The Monument To Alexander Anischenko.

Severe injuries that lead to disability, got four of our fighters, most of the other received minor injuries. Our officers fought well among the seriously wounded S. received several bullets, Ya lost an eye, multiple shrapnel wounds, R. Pula came under flak jacket, ricocheted and killed the spine, knocked 2.5 centimeters, lost my spleen, now I want to keep it in service.

The enemy paid dearly for their assault. A key factor that we did not incur much bigger losses, was the high level of individual training and conservation management. As a result, the fire was organized, and firepower of the enemy we were able to successfully suppress.

In conclusion, I would like to mention our friends from the detachment of the national guard "omega", which competed with us at this early period of the war, on which you can rely on yourself. Without their armored vehicles and a great crew, many operations would be possible.

I want to thank all the participants of the battle on may 5. And to honor the memory of fallen heroes".

Paul (Bear), 5 may 2014 - the commander of a company of the 95th airmobile brigade, now the commander of the battalion:

"I was given the task to allocate two Armored personnel carriers to move and interact with the soldiers of "alpha". Of course, I have selected two of the crew and went into one of them himself. In my company there were only a few military personnel, including me, so he went by himself, the other raised, I wanted to introduce the boys to battle gradually.

I'm in the fight I watched, where has the enemy commanded the other, my task was precisely to suppress the enemy firing points. We maintained fire and covered with armor fighters. We were being hit from an RPG, but maneuvering through dense and continuous fire aimed shots at the enemy failed.

Cartridges were not spared. Covered the special forces as they could. Probably something happened - those groups that interacted with our armored vehicles, had no losses. But three commandos were killed.

Further than once I had to participate in convoy operations and battle for the support columns, but the experience of the first fight on may 5 still stands before my eyes".

Yuriy Butusov, Censor.NET

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