Serhii Hrytsiuk

“At about 3 o’clock, we moved to the positions of the artillery division and headed towards Lutuhyne. What stuck with me during this departure – it wasn’t a chaotic retreat, it was somewhat organized, with the units lining up and all. Those at Post 8 left in an organized manner.

What I remember most is that people (civilians) still didn’t fully understand what was happening: when we were passing through Heorhiivka, they waved at us and greeted us, but they didn’t realize that we weren’t just retreating from the airport already [at that time]… Of course, our mood was very downcast.”