The second part of the "Offensive" trilogy about the counteroffensive operation of the Third Assault Brigade in the Bakhmut direction. At this stage of the offensive operations, the unit's fighters were tasked with taking enemy positions on the western bank of the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas canal.
The film features combat operations on the 7,100 m long front, filmed on GoPros of attack aircraft and UAVs. Soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Assault Battalions and the 1st Mechanized Battalion take part in the operation. On the enemy's side - the 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Federation and Zekas from "Storm Z", which suffered heavy losses as a result of the offensive of the 3rd OSHBr.
"This is our landing! Our land!", - the fighters move forward and direct heavy fire towards the enemy, clearing the forest strip, trenches, dugouts and holes of the enemy. The liberation of Ukrainian land meter by meter is very difficult, as recorded by the soldiers' GoPro cameras.
The video footage shows intense shooting and close combat in the trenches, the operative evacuation of comrades, the elimination of the Russian commander at close range, the taking of prisoners and the escape from the positions of the remnants of the occupiers.
As a result of the successful offensive actions of the 3rd OShBr, 254 occupants were eliminated, 444 were wounded and 12 were captured. In addition, 51 units of vehicles and armored vehicles and weapons of the occupiers were destroyed.
Fighters of the Third Assault Brigade cleared and secured a bridgehead recaptured from the enemy on the banks of the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas canal. The capture of the bridgehead later opened the way for the release of the N.P. Andriivka, which during the counteroffensive in the Bakhmut direction carried out 3 OShBr on September 15, 2023.
00:00 The task assigned to the Third Assault Division
00:30 Start
01:40 We are moving forward
03:04 "See the dugout? Let's go right in!"
05:10 Firefight with the occupiers - "Get out you bitch, you will live!"
07:30 Rescuing the wounded
09:00 "Is it ours? That's two!"
10:20 Another firefight with the occupiers
12:20 Fierce direct battles in the trenches
18:17 Comrade Datsik and his group storm the occupiers
22:50 "Give up, you'll go to the band's concert my dear"
24:30 We work remotely on the occupiers
26:00 Soldiers of the 3rd OShBr clean out the trenches and dugouts of the occupiers and collect trophies
30:00 "Let's fight!"
10:00 p.m. "Evacuation help needed"
33:00 "Well, are you going out or not? If not, we'll catch you!"
36:14 A few words for the next generation