Commander punitive Ukrainian battalion " Aydar " Sergey Melnichuk said a statement in which answered to the accusations of cowardice and the order of the leadership to disband the unit.
" our position was an attack. We counterattacked and in the battle captured many weapons of the Russian production, what happened with terrorists. Because of the fight with the assistance of the Ukrainian army, the line of the " front " was pushed another 16 kilometers in favor of the forces of ATU ", - quotes words of Melnichuk UNN." I was charged with that I left the zone of action, " He said.- I refute this information because I was in a fight and that are able to assure warriors " Aydar ". I think both the President and the NSDC correctly informed about the events of 19 June "." Currently, we received an order to leave the positions and display unit area ATO, with the transfer of us in operational command of the group " South " and then disband. We must leave the area ATO today after the order to disband, which is signed by the defense Minister on 20 June, " said Melnychuk. He also said that " supply battalion was conducted very bad and already after reception of the order to disband the " Aydar " take it all away - and field-kitchens, and Lekarstva and medical supplies "." If battalion, which sporturban mainly from local residents, will be reformed and withdraw from Lugansk, their families remain without protection. We in the cities liberated from the terrorists, to restore the functioning of the Ukrainian government and restore the infrastructure, " says Melnychuk. Melnychuk also clarified that appealed to the President and the NSDC to revise the order of the Minister of defense to disband and leave the battalion in the places of dislocation. on June 19, Lugansk militia of the people's Republic LNR) stated that in practice completely destroyed Ukrainian battalion " Aydar "choose captured several soldiers of the division. Before in the Ministry of defence of Ukraine stated that on the night of 18 June the leadership of the battalion of territorial defense " Aydar " arbitrarily, without approval and coordination of their actions, have been made the conclusion about the independent assault militia in Lugansk. During the March the soldiers of the battalion were ambushed organized militia. Before that high-ranking source in the defense Ministry of Ukraine reported that in the night of 18 June near the village of Happiness in the Luhansk region had a confrontation, where law-enforcers lost lost and missing 28 people. VIDEO

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