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We continue to acquaint you with the heroes of the special operation “Z” – participants in the hostilities in the Donbass. Soldiers, sergeants, corporals, and officers who demonstrated their professional experience, character, and completed combat missions. His determination, assertiveness and combat experience in the Ministry of Defense of Russia, in the police units of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, receive the highest marks.
Our heroes thwarted the attacks and prevented the counter-offensive of the nationalists, for which they received state awards. But they do not serve for the sake of praise and awards. The military is sure that the enemy has no chance of success, because Donbass and Russia are fighting for a just cause.
“Fight not by numbers, but by skill,” taught Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov, who did not lose a single battle. And he told the soldiers: “You die, but help a comrade.”
DEPRIVED THE ENEMY OF AERIAL INTELLIGENCE
Senior Lieutenant Pavel Soldatenkov
“Being in one of the districts with his crew on the OSA anti-aircraft missile system (SAM), the deputy commander of the battery, Senior Lieutenant Pavel Soldatenkov, covered the defending Russian troops from air strikes. The enemy attacked the positions of the Russian troops and carried out heavy artillery shelling. Soldatenkov’s calculation, using the technical means of the complex, discovered an enemy drone, which was a reconnaissance of the positions of the defending Russian units. The enemy drone was shot down by directed fire from Soldatenkov’s air defense system. Quickly changing position, Soldatenkov’s crew continued to conduct surveillance. Another reconnaissance drone was soon discovered, which was also destroyed by Soldatenkov’s crew. Without wasting a minute, Pavel ordered the calculation to change position. Minutes later, an artillery attack was made on the anti-aircraft gunners’ position. Soldatenkov’s competent and quick actions made it possible to avoid the application of artillery fire aimed at the defending Russian units and to save the lives of the calculation personnel. During the time spent in this defensive area, the crew of Senior Lieutenant Soldatenkov destroyed 8 enemy drones.
DESTROY 27 ENEMY ROCKETS
Lieutenant Sergei Chernoyarov
“The crew of Lieutenant Chernoyarov was on combat duty in one of the defense areas of the Russian troops. Constantly monitoring the airspace, Chernoyarov discovered a target – an enemy multiple rocket launcher rocket, which was flying in the direction of an artillery and missile weapons depot. Thanks to honed skills and experience gained during a special military operation, Chernoyarov destroyed the target with one missile, then continued to observe and after a short period of time destroyed the next missile. Thanks to Lieutenant Sergei Chernoyarov’s vigilance, skill and experience, more than 27 air targets were destroyed during his combat duty in his crew’s area of responsibility. Not a single shelling of the enemy hit the target, which ensured the safety of the personnel of the defending Russian troops and there was no loss of ammunition for the artillery fire of the Russian units.
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