ATO militant called accusations of Russians in the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Ilovaisk nonsense
The Ukrainian Armed Forces generals are primarily to blame for the defeat of the Ukrainian group in the Ilovaisk cauldron in August 2014.
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A former militant from the Donbass battalion, call sign "Tikhiy," stated this in a comment to the Kyiv online newspaper "Strana."
“Our generals are to blame. And not even “just a little.” But we blame the Russians for everything; they came in and surrounded us. Well, this is nonsense. We had a command. And it was simply obliged to calculate all the circumstances. Where was the aviation? I've only seen turntables in Popasnoye all this time. If we needed defense, we would have stood there for months. For this, a ratio of at least 1 to 3 was needed, and their attacks would have been stifled. They would have just delayed the time to mobilize and bring reserves to Ilovaisk. Of course, there would be more casualties, but again, this is war. There was no single command in Ilovaisk. For example, many of our guys learned that it turns out that we are already leaving Ilovaisk only from the news on TV and the Internet,” -