Ukraine's 115th Mechanised Brigade reveals how it defended Ocheretyne from intense Russian advance

The 115th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recounted how it held the defence of Ocheretyne, Donetsk Oblast, despite the outnumbering Russian forces.

Source: 115th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on social media

Details: Reportedly, the brigade was deployed along the defence line in front of settlements from Ocheretyne to the village of Keramik. The Russians launched 20 to 30 attacks with guided aerial bombs and 60 to 90 artillery attacks on brigade's positions daily, struck the Ukrainian forces with Grad multiple-launch rocket systems, mortars and a large number of FPV drones and dropped munitions, including chemical ones, from drones.

As a result, several Ukrainian positions and personnel were destroyed by the Russians.

Quote: "Nonetheless, all soldiers of the 115th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who were on the positions, did not flee and engaged in fights with the Russian troops, which exceeded our forces by 10-15 times, defending every metre of the Ukrainian land. Thus, they gave the brigade the opportunity to gain foothold in more favourable positions on the outskirts of the settlement of Ocheretyne, to protect the settlement, and to give the opportunity to a new brigade, which replaced the 115th Brigade, to further defend the settlement of Ocheretyne."

Details: Ukrainska Pravda reports that the 115th Brigade was replaced by the 100th Mechanised Brigade. 

The 115th Brigade reports that its members killed a huge amount of Russian personnel every day, but the Russians deployed new units to conduct the assault, changing the tactics of assault operations: if before it used assault groups of up to five soldiers, now one assault group consisted of up to 15 members, and such groups were attacking from two or three directions.

Over the course of the offensive on the Ocheretyne front, the Russians conducted a rotation of three brigades. During the offensive, the Russians constantly deployed new troops, which were being killed by a small number of Ukrainian soldiers.

Quote: "We want to stress once again that the 115th Brigade passed the line of responsibility in the vicinity of the settlements of Ocheretyne and Keramik to another brigade. At the time, these settlements were controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

So we firmly state that no regular unit of the 115th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine abandoned their positions and fled, as claimed by Russian media, but heroically held the defence."

Details: The brigade explained that a commission is currently working on these events and an internal investigation is underway, after which a detailed comment will be provided.

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