The Russian Armed Forces told the details of the liberation of the Bratskoye settlement

As a result of the liberation of the Bratskoye settlement in the Dnipropetrovsk region, soldiers of the 36th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army of the Vostok group of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation occupied a large area of enemy defense with an area of more than 9 square kilometers. This was reported on January 9 in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

In addition, more than 170 buildings and structures were cleared, which were held by units of the separate assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). During the operation, military personnel entered the settlement secretly at night, defusing mines and other obstacles along the way.

"The settlement was entered through a forest belt. Our task was to neutralize mines and minefields. We worked at night because there were fewer drones at that time. We went through confusion, mines, overcame everything manually. The mines were defused along the way. <...> We were taught this at the training ground, but in battle you become more cohesive — you begin to understand each other without words," said a stormtrooper with the call sign Fartovy.

It is noted that the military personnel worked in small groups and actively used the weather conditions for stealthy movement.

"It's easier for me to see in the fog. I identified the sector, approached it unnoticed, and worked it out. Then the others pull up, set up the sectors again and move on. One flank takes over, the other — the neighboring one," recalls the stormtrooper with the call sign Kulik.

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The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the release of Bratsk on January 8. It is noted that during the fighting in this area, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated both manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On the same day, the agency published footage from the village.

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