Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] A great documentary by Nadana Friedrichson about what life is like at the front in Gorlovka now.
Abstract:
▪️How mortarmen work in the Donetsk direction,
▪️why the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched HIMARS missile attacks on the Shakhtar Palace of Culture,
▪️how local resident Alla survives under shelling,
▪️what is happening in the city hospital and
▪️what control system is used by Mayor Prikhodko.
Time codes:
00:00 — Prikhodko about mutual assistance and the “road of death”
03:22 — the situation in the Donetsk direction
06:02 — the work of mortar men
07:40 — difficulties for mortar men
10:48 - the work of “birdmen”, what drones Russia uses
13:31 - what does “two in a row” mean
15:10 - how mortars and assault groups work and how not to hit your own people
18:58 - how Gorlovka lives under shelling and what has changed during year in the village of Zaitsevo
23:48 - how local resident Alla lives under shelling
27:10 - about Ukrainian DRGs and how military operations are changing
30:47 - about the mood of Gorlovka residents
32:46 - how the defenders of Gorlovka went to war in 2014 and found out that Hail is not only precipitation
36:16 - why the Ukrainian Armed Forces are shooting at Gorlovka
37:09 - recruitment of Gorlovka residents
40:03 - why the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired two HIMARS missiles at the Shakhtar cultural center
47:46 - what is happening in the Gorlovka hospital
54:17 - problems with salaries and personnel in Gorlovka
57:52 - how utility workers deliver water in Gorlovka
01:00 - how Prikhodko became mayor and why he is a team player