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“We were sent out, we were told to dig, but we only had three shovels for the whole battalion, no support. We dug as much as possible and in the morning the shooting began: artillery, “degrees” [raķešmetēji], mortars and drones just mowed us down. When it all started, the agents immediately fled. We tried to dig through the shots, but we were immediately spotted by the drones and just shot at us.
Out of 570 people, 29 remained, another 12 were injured, all the others were killed, “Agafonov said.
Another mobilized spouse confirmed that hundreds of soldiers were killed in that firefight, according to her husband. “More than half the dead, of course,” she said.
According to Agafonov, to this district [Luhanskas apgabalu] while people mobilized from all over the country are brought to fill the gaps in defense, while contract soldiers and volunteers “sit in the third row”.
Agafonov and his surviving colleagues then retreated to Svatov, where they encountered those mobilized from other defeated battalions.
“Here there is complete confusion and discord. All survivors and new arrivals are grouped into new battalions and sent to the front to close the defense line, ”she said.
Lyudmila Chernich, the wife of another surviving conscript of the same battalion, confirmed Agafonov’s words.
“He (husband – ed) called me in the morning, from another number, and told me what happened, that they were left to dig the defense line, they were covered by mortars and somehow they arrived From Krasnodon to Svatov, where they are now hiding. Now they are afraid to go anywhere, even at checkpoints they are afraid to go out. The management has abandoned them and they don’t know what to do, they just ask for help, “said the woman.
