Marines show how they evacuated soldiers from encirclement using armored vehicle
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Ukrinform
Soldiers of an assault company from the 1st Battalion of the 35th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi, part of the Ukrainian Navy, broke through Russian lines in an armored vehicle and evacuated nine infantrymen from encirclement.
The brigade reported this on Facebook and released corresponding footage, according to Ukrinform.
According to the statement, the marines "boldly drove into the Russian rear on armor, with a machine gun, and evacuated fellow marines from encirclement."
The military added that the operation was carried out "under a smoke screen, supported by aerial reconnaissance and heavy machine-gun fire – conditions under which the armored crew of the assault company of the 1st Battalion, 35th Brigade, successfully evacuated nine soldiers from enemy encirclement."
Photo: 35th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi
