Rozsypne Road of Death
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A drive north on the Rozsypne road of death - uploaded August 16, 2014, filmed solar noon of that day or the one before, unclear:
- Narration (best translation)
(forthcoming)
Location relative to Snizneh, Saur Moghila war memorial, another war memorial, and alleged MH17 launch site (no known relevance). Note: area boxed here is that shown from 3:00-6:00 on the video, some views indicated.
The fuller route (final stretches left off/unclear) and where the wrecked vehicles were seen along the road (red = tank). Placements are quite approximate, and even the number of vehicles may not be right, but it gives a general sense of the distribution.
One year later
A witness of Andrei Stenin death provided details of the tragedy, 05.08.2015, RIA.ru. Full details still unclear, estimated 20 civilian cars were destroyed and those inside killed.Bodies are still not fully identified, and no full list of those who died. Opolchenie member "Boroda" saw Stenin right before his death. He came from Snezhnoe to Dmitrovka, which was under threat of being surrounded by Ukraine. He returned back by the same road, but by then it was taken over by Ukrainian national guard who shot any car driving on that road. Among others interviewed, Maria Zolotous, whose husband was killed. She was wounded but escaped to a nearby village and survived. Another couple , Mr and Mrs Sudakov were killed on the 'road of death', like Stenin.
Sources
- "Just defense" human rights organization
- Daring Ukrainian move towards Krasnyi Luch at high costs – Ukraine@war, August 17, 2014
- Последний подвиг Андрея Стенина (The last feat of Andrew Stenin) - Komsomolskaya Pravda, August 6, 2015
- Dr. Phillip Karber on the Russian Way of War - Modern War Institute, April 20, 2018 (@55 min)
- Defeating the Russian Battalion Tactical Group - CPT Nicolas J. Fiore, Armor – Mounted Maneuver Journal, pages 9-17, Spring 2017
- Zubrowski’s Raid: In early August 2014, Ukraine’ 95th Air Assault Brigade (Mechanized) conducted the largest and longest armored raid behind enemy lines in recorded military history. The 95th was comprised of two mechanized-infantry battalions, one tank battalion and a battalion of self-propelled artillery. The brigade attacked on multiple parallel axes of advance, and combined-arms company-sized teams penetrated the thinly defended separatists’ positions and regrouped in the rear. The brigade then penetrated in depth along the two separatist regions’ internal border and maneuvered 200 kilometers east along the southern border of the Donbass. They destroyed and captured Russian tanks and artillery, relieved several isolated Ukrainian garrisons and, finally, returned to their starting position near Slovyansk. They marched 450 kilometers behind enemy lines and brought back captured Russian armor and heavy artillery as well. The raid achieved its objective of relieving Ukrainian forces in the separatist provinces, and it proved that Russian regular units were operating in Ukraine. However, the gains were undone in November 2014 when Russia deployed BTGs to the conflict in o v e r w h e l m i n g numbers to support the separatists directly.