"Azov" has completed the task and wants to save the lives of subordinates - the commander of the regiment

Despite all the difficulties, the defenders of Mariupol delayed the overwhelming forces of the enemy for 82 days.

The commander of the Azov Regiment, the hero of Ukraine Denis Prokopenko, in a video address stressed that the defenders of Mariupol obeyed the order, despite all the difficulties, and delayed the overwhelming forces of the enemy for 82 days.

Denis Prokopenko video

"The defenders of Mariupol carried out the order, despite all the difficulties, withdrew the overwhelming forces of the enemy for 82 days and allowed the Ukrainian army to regroup, train more personnel and receive a large number of weapons from partner countries. No weapon will work without professionally trained servicemen, making them the most valuable element of the army. In order to save lives, the entire Mariupol garrison is implementing the approved decision of the Supreme Military Command and hopes for the support of the Ukrainian people, " the appeal reads.

Denis Prokopenko stated that in the management of units "there is always a risk. There are no completely safe plans and operations in the war. "

"You always take risks. The main thing is to realize whether all the risks have been calculated, whether Plan B has been worked out, whether you have fully given yourself to this plan, which should combine the task and maximize the lives and health of personnel ... Everything must be questioned - every decision , every plan, every operation, ” says Denis Prokopenko.

In his address, the Azov commander also stressed that every decision, plan and operation should be questioned.

"Critical thinking has always raised doubts in my head about the correctness of the decision. This never went beyond reason and did not prevent him from insisting on his point of view. There is always a risk in managing departments… The main thing is to understand whether all the risks have been calculated, whether Plan B has been worked out, or whether you are completely committed to this plan, which should combine the task and maximizing the lives and health of personnel. When you have completed the task and kept the maximum number of personnel - this is the highest level of command and control. Especially when your decision is approved by the highest military leadership, "he said.

It will be recalled that on May 6, during the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal from Russian shelling , three Ukrainian defenders were killed, six others were wounded, and the Russians did not keep their word about the ceasefire. On that day, 50 women, children and the elderly were evacuated from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian side offers Russia to exchange the severely wounded Ukrainian servicemen who remain at Azovstal for captured Russian servicemen .

Kalush Orchestra called on the world to save Azovstal and Mariupol. «Help Ukraine, Mariupol, happy Azovstal! Right now, "exclaimed the band's founder and soloist Oleh Psyuk after the performance in the final. And among the fighters who remain trapped at the plant is 26-year-old Sviatoslav Syry, a Lviv defender from the Azov Regiment and a pupil of the Dudaryk Music School. Svyatoslav is wounded. Tvoemisto.tv talked to his mother, read more at the link .

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