The special forces fighter of the Southern Group of Forces with the call sign “Dachnik” said that the aviation of the Ukrainian army hit the positions of its own mortars near Avdiivka. After that, it was shot by Russian pilots. It has been reported DEA News.
“The helicopter (belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. – socialbites.ca) did not fly four kilometers and fired full ammunition at the mortar positions. They worked on them well, they covered them completely,” he said.
According to him, an hour and a half later Russian planes struck the positions of the Ukrainian army.
A soldier with the call sign “Good” from the Southern Group of Forces on May 7 saidIt was reported that the Russian army tried to help the soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who were under the rubble as a result of Ukrainian artillery fire during a raid on one of the buildings in the city of Marinka, Donetsk People’s Republic.
On the eve it became known that the Ukrainian troops decided to conduct reconnaissance in the battle in the direction of Avdiivka, but withdrawn with losses.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.