After retreating from Drobyshevo, suffering heavy losses in the process, some LPR forces are being treated as deserters. Auto-translation of some messages in the screenshot, and some videos below. t.me/TLRes/352
There are 3 videos with this tg post, but the first is slightly too long and I don't want to try editing it for twitter.
Rough summary: They were told to hold out "just one more night", over and over for 2 weeks in the end.
Then the Russians were ordered to leave without telling the LPR men they were retreating because "they have to stay here". However, one Russian told them anyway.
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Looks like an ammo depot, lots of missiles in it. I'm not sure what's going on to the left of it, sort of resembles thermite munitions but falls too fast and I don't see how they would reach here. Maybe a large rocket that exploded in the air.
Another angle. Reports of power loss in some areas. This place is now 35-40km from the front line, 45km from Bakhmut. HIMARS strike is likely.
"Over the weekend, fighters of the "Lubart " special operations forces together with their comrades from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, took part in a 12-hour battle. As a result, one enemy sabotage group was completely eliminated and at least five occupiers were killed.
The sixth, who turned out to be the platoon commander, was taken hostage.
The second sabotage group of the occupiers, after fire contact with our fighters, retreated from the battlefield with losses." t.me/ozspLubart/139
"The prisoner captured by our fighters turned out to be a lieutenant of the so-called "DNR". In addition, he is a platoon commander. He took part in the occupation of Mariupol.
The character has been known to the "Myrotvorets" website for several years."
In Donetsk region, Ukraine's 25th Brigade say they took out 2 Russian tanks in a forested area. I think the poster made an error though, because I count 3.
Mystery solved: the burnt out tank is one of the two we see relatively intact, later destroyed