Photo: Alexander KOTS
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 Luhansk 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.
“The head of the tail does not wait, it will always mature in due time,” said Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov, who did not lose a single battle. He also repeated: “Heroism beats courage, patience beats speed, reason beats intelligence, work beats laziness, history beats newspapers…”.
With an accurate shot, he turned the tide of the battle.
Junior Guard Sergeant Nikita Belov
“Junior sergeant Nikita Belov, commander of the flamethrower platoon of the RCB company of the guards airborne division, during the course of hostilities, carries out combat missions to destroy closed firing points, disable self-propelled and light armored vehicles of the Ukrainian nationalists. The enemy, maintaining the defense in an important area of advance of the Russian troops, equipped fortifications with long-range firing points, armored vehicles and artillery and offered fierce resistance to the Russian landing units. Moving as part of a battalion tactical group deep into the militants’ defenses in their direction of attack, Belov discovered a well-camouflaged position where a Nationalist infantry fighting vehicle fired on our units. Covertly approaching the minimum distance to the enemy fortification, hiding in a shell crater and taking a comfortable position providing a good view for firing, Belov destroyed an infantry fighting vehicle threatening the advancing Russian unit with shell fire. a Bumblebee infantry flamethrower. Breaking into the fortress of the nationalists, Nikita Belov timely discovered the enemy’s firing points and personnel, issued target designations and corrected the fire of his colleagues. Thanks to the professional and courageous actions of the guards, junior sergeant Nikita Belov, it was possible to detect and destroy enemy armored vehicles, significant damage was inflicted on the nationalist forces, the defense was broken through and the fortress was captured. The competent actions of the assault group further contributed to the successful breakthrough of the Russian troops.
ARRESTED SABOTTEERS IN RUSSIAN UNIFORM
Guards soldier Dmitry Karablin
“The commander of the flamethrower platoon of the Guards RCB protection company, Private Dmitry Karablin, while on combat duty, carried out a combat mission to protect weapons and military equipment in the position of his unit. While patrolling the area, Karablin noticed a suspicious car without registration numbers or insignia, moving in the direction of the Russian troop positions. Four people dressed as Russian servicemen got out of the car and began to guard the surroundings. Having checked with the high command about the presence of Russian military personnel in the area at this time, the soldier on duty Dmitry Karablin received an order to detain unidentified persons. Covertly approaching a group of military personnel and choosing a convenient position to observe and shoot, Karablin and his comrades detained suspected individuals, forcing them to drop their weapons, lie on the ground, and put their hands behind their heads. The soldier on duty Dmitry Karablin reported by radio to the unit commander about the detention of the saboteurs, and then held them until the arrival of the reinforcement group. During the search, weapons, ammunition, explosives and reconnaissance equipment were found on the militants. In the course of the investigation, it was established that a sabotage and reconnaissance group of Ukrainian nationalists operated in this area with the task of clarifying the operational situation, monitoring the movement of Russian troops for their subsequent attack, as well as disabling military installations. Russia and infrastructure. Valuable information was obtained about the place of deployment, the number and command of the DRG, as well as about the impending provocations against the Russian units.
