Colonel Alexander Vdovichenko, commander of the 72nd Motorized Brigade named after. Chernykh Zaporozhtsev told how the Ukrainian defenders kept the defense on the outskirts of Kyiv against the enemy, significantly superior in manpower and equipment, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Colonel Oleksandr Vdovichenko, knight of the orders of Bogdan Khmelnytsky, talks about the defense of the approaches to Kyiv, together with his unit near the village of Moshchun, Kyiv region. According to him, the enemy was digging in on the western outskirts of the settlement and in the forest, and was already preparing to launch an offensive in the direction of the settlement of Gorenka.

Artillery shelling on the positions of the Russian invaders, the Ukrainian soldiers held back the further advance of the enemy troops. The lack of necessary intelligence and lack of understanding of the real number of defenders of the village did not allow them to move further in the direction of Kyiv, because the enemy had no idea how many Ukrainian troops would remain in their rear.

Exploded crossings across water bodies, flooding of some fields and settlements interfered with the movement of Russian equipment. With machine guns, hand grenade launchers, fighters of the 72nd Motorized Brigade inflicted significant losses on the enemy. However, the main secret of victory, according to Colonel Vdovichenko, is the motivation of the fighter.

“Whatever the armor, whatever the technology, whatever the technique, it’s all the same that a person gives life to everything. The advantage of the Ukrainians is that they defend their land, " Black Cossacks.

" We fight for every settlement, every centimeter of Ukrainian land. Our main strength is people. Soldiers and commanders are fighting, this is, first of all, their war and victory will belong, first of all, to them. Proud of each and every one! "

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