The village that became a bone in the throat of the “Right Sector” has been named
Over the past week, military reports have kept repeating about the occupation of the villages of Metalist and Gladosovo by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which led to an unprecedented aggravation of the situation around the so-called Svetlodar arc.
PolitNavigator correspondents managed to communicate with military personnel in front-line positions near the village of Dolomitnoye, as well as with a local resident whose house was damaged by a shell fired by the Ukrainian army.
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The position of the village of Dolomitnoye is in itself quite interesting: the settlement is located between Novolugansk and Travnevo controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (until recently - a gray zone). The situation here is identical with all the famous Zaitsevo. Alexander Gusar
Now Dolomite is the real demarcation line, the last line.
“Here is their building, there on the high-rise they have eyes, and a little closer to the positions themselves, the flag hung there, first Ukrainian, then from the Right Sector, they change them,” said a DPR Armed Forces serviceman with the call sign “Khaki.”
Another serviceman with the call sign “Kasper” said that the nearest Ukrainian Armed Forces positions are no more than 200-250 meters away. He also noted the very tense situation.
“The night did not pass quietly: small arms were working, from machine guns and machine guns, ending with sniper fire. I was working with a thermal imager, apparently, since it was very dark and foggy,” the serviceman said.
P.N.: How do you behave in the face of such provocations?
Kasper: We're holding back, being patient, abiding by the Minsk agreements and so on. We're calmer, they're the ones being aggressive. We're being patient and waiting.
P.N.: You are opposed here by the “Right Sector”; is there a difference between them and the Ukrainian Armed Forces?
"Kasper": Of course, there is, a huge one. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are behaving appropriately and with restraint. P.S., so to speak, there's a position 12 o'clock in front of us where they're shooting absolutely randomly. I think they're just having fun—they have weapons in their hands, why not terrorize and scare people?
It should be noted that the most catastrophic situation here is for local residents, because they get the most. Now we are not talking about any looting and so on. The fighters and the local population peacefully coexist, however, this does not negate the fact that people live on the front line, without shops, schools, or kindergartens. And sometimes, just going out for them means risking everything, says a local resident named Valentina.
P.N.: At what time did the shelling take place?
Valentina: (pointing to a hole in the brickwork of the house) Around 9 pm, maybe fifteen to nine. The shelling began. I heard a bang, and everything fell down, it’s good that I was outside the door, so...
P.N.: How do you even live here, since your front line is right behind your house?
Valentina: We're living in terrifying conditions. We're getting so old, there's nowhere to hide or go. There's shelling every night, sometimes it dies down in the morning. But it can start in the evening, or even in the middle of the night. Where are they shooting and who's shooting? We try to hide in our "hut," you see? It's a good thing there's triple masonry here, otherwise everything would collapse.
English version :: Read in English The village that has become a thorn in the side of the Right Sector has been named.