Revenge for Ilovaysk: The Armed Forces was eliminated
Today, on March 26, the military journalist Yuri Butusov said "Today Ukrainian soldiers again revenge on Ilovaysk-liquidated the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 247th Airborne-assault Regiment Dmitry Lisitsky," Botusov said. Lysytsky commanded a battalion tactical group of the 247 regiment, which attacked Ukrainian units, which came out of the environment in Ilovaysk in the area of Gorbatenko village for agreement. For this in January 2015 he was awarded the title of hero of Russia.
Butusov emphasized that the 247th Regiment is now undergoing great losses in Ukraine and the liquidation of Lysytsky will be seriously hit by combat. On August 18, in the process of fierce battles, the Ukrainian forces, which mostly consisted of volunteer battalions, entered Ilovaysk. They were able to control part of the city, but after the event of significant forces of regular Russian troops on August 23-24 to the rear of the Ukrainian group from the territory of the Russian Federation.
Thus, Ukrainian soldiers were surrounded. On the night of August 28 to August 29, Putin appealed to the Forces of the militia to open a humanitarian corridor for Ukrainian military. After that, on the morning of August 29, they organized columns began traffic from the city on the routes previously agreed with the Russian side. Initially, the Ukrainian columns were moving past Russian fortified positions, but after a while, Russian troops opened fire, shot by the columns on the march.
Then 366 Ukrainian fighters were killed, about 450 were injured, 300 were captured. Temporary losses of Ukrainian troops were evaluated by a thousand people in investigation of the Ilovay tragedy. The main culprit of the Ilovay tragedy is the military command of the Russian Federation. On August 21, 2020, the Attorney General's office stated that the only factor that led to the tragic events near Ilovaysk is the military aggression of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
On March 29, 2022, all commands of the 331st Kostroma Guards Parachute Regiment of the Russian Federation, responsible for the "Ilovaysky boiler" in 2014, were destroyed. It should be noted that on March 11 and 15, it became known about the death of Efretor 331 of the regiment of Leonid Panteleyev, Senior Lieutenant Mykola Symov, Sergeant Maxim Vazhintsev and Klim Abramov's contractor.