Dmytro Vynnytskyi

“The shelling was intensifying. We broke through, but the ring closed again. We found ourselves in the same trap as our friends. Ammo was running out. An An-30 reconnaissance plane dropped supplies to us from an altitude of 5,500 meters – ammo, fuel in barrels. At one point, the plane was shot down. The situation was bleak: we were surrounded, almost out of food, drinking water from sedimentation tanks. …”