Two years ago took place the famous battle of the Russian-Ukrainian war. During these two years, it became known much about this fight, and it's time today to tell us what happened in more detail.
About this on his page in Facebook wrote the chief editor of the Censor.NET Юрий Бутусов, reports «GLORY TO UKRAINE»ICF.
The evening of may 26 I managed to get into office, acting President Alexander Turchinov, and chat he began: "Donetsk airport is no more.Today I gave the order to launch a missile attack on the new terminal worth 200 million dollars. There were Russian commandos. Now it's a battlefield". And then from the Donetsk morgue received photos and lists of those killed and for the first time Ukraine has managed to show the world what heavy casualties are militants, and that most of the killed were Russians. The battle on may 26 it became, therefore, one of the turning points of the war.State, society, the army got a good example - the enemy can and should beat - without any compromises. Then nobody else would know that it was the first day of the battle for the Donetsk airport, which will last 242 days.
Today a well-known concept of the operation of the enemy:
1. The lesson the superior forces of the new airport terminal, a show of force.
2. The environment of the Ukrainian divisions which were in the old terminal.
3. Blocking the work of the airport to land planes and helicopters of the armed forces.
4. Trapping or squeezing of the Ukrainian military disarmament.
The composition of the enemy forces:
1. The detachment of special purpose "spark" generated by Russian special services. The commander is a Russian officer A. Gorshkov. The number 45, or three combat groups. Personnel - the citizens of the Russian Federation, up to five citizens of Ukraine from Dnepropetrovsk and Crimea. All the Russians had combat experience, and considerable.Most in the past served in special forces units, including the special purpose center of the FSB, the 45th special forces airborne regiment. Here is сайт dedicated to the defeat of the detachment "Iskra" 26.05.2014.
2. Kadyrov's special forces - a detachment of mercenaries, recruited in Chechnya among gangs of Ramzan Kadyrov. The number of 26 people. All also had considerable combat experience of the war in the Caucasus.
3. Combat group mercenary brigade "Vostok" under the command of Alexander Khodakovsky, commander of the Department of management of SBU "alpha" in Donetsk. The number of up to 120 people.
4. Combat group mercenary brigade "Oplot" - numbering up to 30 people.
The Ukrainian forces at the Donetsk airport on may 26, 2014:
1. Group 3rd Kirovohrad special forces regiment - 64 soldiers.
2. Anti-aircraft artillery platoons from the 25th airborne brigade of 15 people.
It is important to note that not a single Ukrainian soldier had no real combat experience, for all it's first battle. One of the heroes of this battle - the officer "Tourist" took part in the peacekeeping mission in Africa, but of course, direct participation in a similar operation there was not accepted.
The analysis of the tactical situation from the point of view of Ukrainian forces:
1. Ukrainian forces were in an extremely disadvantageous position. They occupied the old terminal of the Donetsk airport.Their number was insufficient to control other objects.
2. Arms were very weak. No one unit of armored vehicles. Only two light artillery ZU-23. It was not heavy infantry weapons - there was no automatic and mounted grenade launchers, mortars, heavy machine guns.
3. Since the Donetsk airport continued to work with special forces was located in the old terminal and the new terminal was not covered by anyone. The new terminal is more tactically advantageous position, higher than the old terminal, and closely adjoining this. Moreover, around the many other buildings and structures. The enemy had all the conditions for a concealed build strength and prepare surprise attack.
4. Since around the old terminal worked a lot of people, there were tons of green space, no one still has not fired, the agents of the enemy moved freely, and the enemy had complete information on the number, the weapons, the location of our units and retains freedom of movement. On the side of the enemy operated SBU and Ministry of internal Affairs of Donetsk.
As it was:
During the night of 25 may, the traitor - the officer of SBU Alexander Gravura brought in the new terminal sabotage detachment "Iskra", Kadyrov's special forces, combat group "East". Additional militia were deployed in the landing near the hotel "Polyot". Here's a unique video of call of subversive groups in the new terminal, which has passed the Censor.NET" sources in the secret service.
What happened then? About it in interview "Censor.NO," said the officer of the 3rd regiment with the call sign "Tourist" - this man gave the command to open fire at Donetsk airport:
"We understand that we can attack. After all, we were in the outskirts of Donetsk, and a huge airport continued to work, in some hundred meters from us moved a lot of people. We had only two shifts, so hard to control a huge territory. Shortly before the battle in Donetsk was supposed to Yulia Tymoshenko, and we got the task to ensure her safety. In civilian clothes, posing as a guard, we walked around the new terminal, and paid special attention to the roof of the building. The new terminal was above our building.But the fence of the roof was not made of concrete, it could easily penetrate the armor-piercing bullets.
At three a.m. on may 26 I took up positions on the roof of the old terminal - here was the best review of the whole situation. With me were four of my snipers, as well as four more fighters from another division. I didn't even know the names of these guys - but taught them other commanders as can be seen, the conscience.
We saw the new terminal of approaching trucks with militants. But the command to open fire was not followed. We continued surveillance.
Found, as the fighters unloaded the weapons from machine - throwers "Shmel" rocket launchers. One of the militants almost dropped the two-meter long tube - we clearly saw portable anti-aircraft missile system. I reported it, but the order to open fire did not. I was told that the terminal can remain a peaceful people, I realized that no one wanted to risk people. We kept watching, no one left the positions (the last plane from Donetsk airport took off at 7.10 am)
By morning a group of militants numbering up to 25 people occupied the roof of the new terminal. They set up automatic grenade launcher, they had machine guns, snipers. The distance to our positions was small - about 100 meters, were heard the commands, the visible face. The enemy turned on the roof, and if there'd been a command to shoot, we would be at a disadvantage - they are more, they are higher, they have much more firepower. So I moved my group a little further along the roof - we hid behind the design of the ribs of the roof.I measured according to the rangefinder the distance to the enemy is 213 meters.
One pair of snipers controlled the roof of the new terminal, the other I gave to the sector in the direction of the green stuff at the hotel "Polyot". I asked for help - we needed a gun. And here my group joined the gunner with a PKM. We equipped firing positions - the only material on the roof for that was - pieces of foam and insulation that we are in sight of the enemy dragged for the equipment shelters.
Our command has requested support. And I passed the information that to us to help flying troops. Above us flew our combat aircraft, he was not fired, but released flares. Lie in readiness with ten men, already drank all the water. The last cake that I had, I broke into several small pieces, distributed them to the boys.
It was about 12 o'clock, when we saw a group of helicopters that came to our aid. Ahead of the battle order was a pair of military Mi-24, they were followed by Mi-8. The last team that I got to Cover the landing party". After that, I was not able already to reach anyone. But I wouldn't want to give the impression, as it may seem from the point of view of a common soldier, that control has been lost. On each post were the officers who received the task, we had a well organized defense. Combat mission got me. And although the order to open fire was not, I could not stop.
To be honest, I wanted to beat these creatures. We saw how they killed our people, how to shoot down helicopters. We saw how he surrendered to the paratroopers on the BMD. It was most annoying, we could not allow.
"Turntables" in an arc from the West around the airport, and then on the roof we noticed a revival. A group of saboteurs concentrated at the Elevator shaft, which appeared on the roof. And then the sniper Vladimir K. yells: "See MANPADS!"One of the bandits took the missile system, stood up for mine and took aim. The helicopters overflew the runway. They have him closed by the wall of the shaft, but a few more seconds and they could enter his sector of fire.
I said, "See? Fire!" And Volodya fired the first shot in the battle for the airport.
After he joined, we are all on the roof, we had the best overview, and then all of our other units in the terminal supported us.
We charged ourselves with armor-piercing incendiary ammo - when hit in the side of the fence of the roof, where he sat saboteurs, and plates of their body armor the penetration of such bullets have been carved out sparks. Good to be seen getting.
Despite the losses, the enemy did not panic and took the fight. They opened fire from all trunks on us. It is very dangerous acted their units from the hotel "Polyot" - they pelted us with grenades from the grenade launcher. The fire was dense - foam in our shelters went all to pieces.
And then there was a critical moment - one after another jammed all four SVD snipers. The reason - poor quality cartridges. Armor-piercing incendiary handed over to us in 1947 the issue is jammed in the barrel. Under enemy fire, we began their ramrods and knives to knock out trunks.
Worked until rifles, fired rocket-propelled grenades. Sniper K., who fired the first shot, fired 13 shots, then I counted them on his positions. We held up the roof of the new terminal under constant bombardment.
At this point the soldier yells to me - "something hissing!" Watch our flank, from the hotel, rooftop air conditioner, it from him hissing. From there we covered. From there and flew VOG grenade, which wounded one soldier from my unit on the roof. The shards struck his hand and touched the face. He was our only wounded during the battle.
My other sniper, who has worked on this sector, it destroyed several militants. We then found another body in the green paint, he had a gun in his hands with a grenade in the grenade launcher.
Then I saw the boarded helicopters, and to help us run four groups. I later learned that it was consolidated reserves - group 140-th center of special operations forces, the band of the 10th squad of the DIU, a group of paratroopers of the 95th airmobile brigade and the special forces group of the national guard regiment "Jaguar". They approached the building, and then see how the calculation of the ZU-23 wrong way on them - because the boys did not see where the helicopters, they reacted to the fast approaching group of soldiers. Had to overhang from the top and from the roof to yell to them that it fit your. Another connection we had.
Reserve no losses ran to our terminal. And then the guys from the 140-th appeared on the roof - "Now run for aviation, just go down to you are not hooked!" And here we came down. At this time, the helicopters and the planes began to work on the new terminal. Many firing points were suppressed - the enemy had left the roof.
However, after air strike battle is not over. Inside the new terminal of the enemy continued to occupy the position and fought a battle. We were beaten from the inside of the old terminal. We wanted to attack, but old and new parts of terminal one hundred meters of open space, armored vehicles have not been, and to substitute men under fire was impossible. It was necessary first to suppress the firing points.
Sent us negotiator allegedly from the red cross - "let's evacuate the wounded from the new terminal". Arrived "first aid" to the terminal, and suddenly, out jump men in camouflage and begin to unload the boxes of ammunition! The gunner of the 95th brigade immediately turned that ambulance into a sieve.
We are very disturbed by an enemy sniper, who is very dangerous we acted on from the new terminal. Well he saw us, and hit on any movement. The firing sector we have identified - but to discover for a long time without success. And so began the sniper duel - while our sniper of the 3rd regiment of Alexander P. decided to play the role of bait. He hits from the SVD in the sector of fire of the enemy, shows himself for a moment, leans out to provoke an enemy shot, and then hides to time aiming at the enemy sniper a lot have not received.And just in the good position occupied sniper 140-th center - he was a Swiss rifle "Bruger-Tommet APR. He tried to locate the enemy. Sasha risked a crazy, shot after shot, the bullets were hitting very tightly, but again and again he thrust. And that's lucky - a sniper of 140-th center found the enemy behind the shutters of the ventilation system of the new terminal and "worked" (according to the enemy, the sniper detachment "Iskra", I. Zaripov, Callsign "Yakut", a Russian citizen, a native of Yakutsk, was taken from Donetsk airport to the morgue of Kalinina hospital with a bullet in his head - approx.Yu.B.).The enemy paused, and we could go forward.The battle between the terminals and the attacks of the "green stuff" lasted until the next day, the gunfire subsided only in the evening on may 27. From grenade launchers, we broke through the gates of the new terminal, near to us, crushed the last gun emplacements, and our assault team went into the new terminal.
140-th center had a collection of weapons. Seized automatic grenade launchers, MANPADS, mortar, lots of grenade launchers and flame throwers, other weapons. It was full of blood and bandages. But the bodies of all their terminal they took.
The next day we received orders to sweep the premises and to seize evidence of Russian involvement in the attack on the airport. All the corpses on the road in front of the airport took. A few bodies lay on the road in our sector of fire but the weapon was taken away from them at night. So we were able to detect three bodies in "zelenke" the hotel "Polyot". They had machines, as we later established, the Ukrainian battalion of Marines from Feodosiya. But the outfit, the vests were Russian, edition March-April 2014. Most other weapons were also Russian, new.
We gathered at the airport a great team - "team of special forces". We turned to the command with the request to allow the pursuit of militants in Donetsk, tie the fighting in the city. Unfortunately, we were forbidden offensive in Donetsk. Still regret about it."
During the battle on 26 may, the detachment "Iskra" and Kadyrov's forces were defeated, during their flight from the airport on the outskirts of Donetsk two "KAMAZ" were shot by the 4th platoon of the brigade "East". These machines were finished off many wounded at the airport saboteurs. The reasons for this success for us circumstances to discuss is not the time.
Soon after the battle, the traitor captain of the SBU of Galbura was kidnapped in Donetsk by SBU and transported to Kiev.Later the traitor exchanged for captured Ukrainian military personnel.
Militants also shot several cars with civilian people as a result of panic. The shooting continued in different districts of Donetsk, the night - gangs fought among themselves.
All during the fighting on may 26-27 in the vicinity of the airport were destroyed according to various estimates from 40 to 100 militants. The enemy in this case confirms the destruction of 35 citizens of the Russian Federation. Account of the killed militants are citizens of Ukraine by divisions, no one undertook. At least in the ranks of the rebels killed two residents of the Crimea, and a resident of Dnepropetrovsk, as well as an undetermined number of residents of Donbas.
During the battle, 1 Ukrainian soldier was slightly injured.
With this battle began the epic battle for the Donetsk airport, which is still ongoing.
Sabotage detachment "Iskra" operation going on in Donetsk airport on may 25, 2014
A team of mercenaries, "East" lined up before leaving on the assault Donetsk airport on may 25, 2014
Sabotage detachment "Iskra" is put forward in Donetsk airport on may 25, 2014
Automatic grenade launcher AGS-17 detachment "Iskra" mounted on the roof of the new terminal, and pointed at the old terminal, where on the roof took up defensive positions, a group of "Tourist"
The return of the detachment "Iskra" from Donetsk airport 26 may 2014. Top of head down - a soldier of the 45th regiment of airborne special forces of the Russian Federation Alexey Yurin
Fighter Kadyrov's special forces Timur on the roof of the new terminal on 26 may 2014 lay down behind the Elevator shaft. After a few hours in the battle at the airport he gets seriously wounded and lose an eye
Saboteur squad Iskra regards to sight positions of the group of "Tourists" from the roof of the new terminal. Before the fight there no more than an hour
Squad Iskra after the battle, may 26, at the morgue of Kalinin hospital in Donetsk
Ukrainian Mi-24 strike on militant positions in the area of the new terminal
Sniper of the 3rd regiment C., who made the first shot in the battle for the Donetsk airport.
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