The Ukrainian Armed Forces militants lost their bearings after the explosions and approached the Russian military

Three servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost their bearings after the explosions and mistakenly approached the Russian military grouping of troops “Vostok” in the Zaporozhye region.

Russian military personnel were expecting the approach of the Ukrainian group and were ready to meet.

As a result of the shooting battle, two Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen were killed.

DONETSK, October 8 - RIA Novosti. Three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost their bearings after the explosions and mistakenly approached the Russian military grouping of troops “Vostok” in the Zaporozhye region, mistaking their positions for their own, a shooter of the group with the call sign Melnik told RIA Novosti.

According to him, Russian servicemen occupied the forest belt after the assault on the settlement and were awaiting the approach of the Ukrainian group. After the fire, some of the Ukrainian soldiers began to retreat, and three of them headed towards Russian positions, believing that they were going to their own.

“It turned out that this group went into retreat, and three of them lost their bearings due to the explosion and came to us, thinking that they were going to their own. Well, they came in - and hello, and we are here. We started a shooting battle, and we destroyed both of them,” he said.