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Stronghold on Russian Border Existed Only on Paper, Ukrainian PoW Reveals

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Ukrainian border guards - Sputnik International, 1920, 23.05.2024
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A Ukrainian border guard captured by Russian forces told Sputnik that a company stronghold near the Ukrainian border with Russia existed only on the map. In reality only one platoon was stationed there.
Ukrainian border guard Oleksandr Savchenko said that on paper, the outpost he was sent to had 100 personnel assigned to it.
But in reality no more than 50 troops were posted there. That led to an increase in the number of duties and a decrease in the number of personnel at the posts.

"Our company fortification, where I served, is actually physically not a company fortification," Savchenko said. "It can rather be called a platoon fortress, although on paper it looks like a company fortification."

The former border guard noted that his post was located near the village of Krasnoye, which is about three kilometers from the border and was one of the first defensive lines in the way of Russian troops.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that during the week the units of the Battlegroup Yug had liberated 12 settlements in the Kharkov region, including Strelechye, as a result of ongoing actions.
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