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🧵🧵 PART 1 Fallen warriors of Special Operations Forces. 🇺🇦 🕯️ July 29: Day of Remembrance for Fallen Special Operations Forces Especially remembering the 2014 Snizhne mission, where a 3rd Regiment team were ambushed while attempting to rescue pilots
Throwback Thursday: 📚 History Matters March 2014 — As Russia’s war against Ukraine began, the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade “Kholodnyi Yar” was among the first to be deployed to the frontlines.
In the chaos of combat, communication is everything. Radios are the lifeline that connects soldiers, commanders, and support teams — turning individual fighters into a coordinated force. Without reliable radios: 🔹 Orders get delayed or lost
🎯 Frontline Skills: Breathing, Balance, and Precision In combat, accuracy isn’t just about pulling the trigger — it’s about control. Every soldier must learn to manage their breathing, body, and weapon as one unified system.
🩸 The Last Lesson Before the Frontline The day before deployment, soldiers from the Alcatraz Battalion gathered in the dirt for one last tactical medicine course taught by Green Cross.
Hidden in a blindage — safe, silent, watching. But without radios, that safety ends the moment we need to speak. When we don’t have radios, we’re forced to leave cover, step into danger, and run messages under drones and fire. One transmission. One order.
Even in war, there are smiles. Big ones. The kind that stop you in your tracks and remind you what we’re fighting for. Behind the weight of gear, the hours of training, and the reality of war — there are human hearts still beating with life.
He climbs the hill with everything he needs to survive strapped to his back — rifle, shovel, sleeping roll, pack. Every ounce matters. Every step is purpose. This is what a soldier looks like when there’s no one else to carry the weight.
This is the reality of war. Men who volunteer to crawl into this dirt-walled blindage — no comfort, no escape from the summer heat and relentless mosquitoes — all to protect Ukrainians from genocide.
Survival in war isn’t chance — it’s skill, discipline, and preparation. And behind every soldier learning to fight stands an instructor who’s already lived through the things we’re training for. They don’t shout for attention — they command it. They’ve seen the cost of hesitation.
Somewhere in Donetsk Oblast, a soldier from our battalion lies down in the tall grass during a rare quiet moment — staring at photos on his phone. Not tactical maps. Not messages from command. Pictures of someone he loves. In war, we cling to the things that remind us we’re still human.
📚 This used to be a school. Now it’s just walls charred by war. Empty windows staring out at a future stolen. Behind us is not just a building — it’s the symbol of everything we’re trying to protect. Children should be filling these classrooms, not soldiers standing in their ruins.
Some acts of kindness go far beyond words — they save lives. Thanks to Team Bravo, our battalion was connected with Eldon Biologicals, who generously donated 350 blood type testing cards to us. Before this, we were fundraising to buy them ourselves.
In this war, falling is part of the process. We trip, we get tired, we get hit. But what defines us is that we keep going. Every soldier here knows: resilience isn’t about never falling. It’s about standing back up — again and again — with purpose.
This is where it starts. Before the first trench. Before the first ambush. Before the first time you don’t know if you’ll make it back. It starts here — on the range, on tired knees, under the weight of your gear, refilling your magazines. One round at a time. One habit at a time.
Lunch doesn’t come with a clock here. It comes when it can—between drone alerts, after digging new cover, or while waiting on orders that may change in five minutes. Sometimes it’s cold soup in a chipped bowl. Sometimes just bread and tea.
🚨 We’re an assault infantry battalion — speed, stealth, and mobility can mean the difference between life and death. Our commander managed to bring us a converted electric ATV. It needs work, and it’s not quite getting us the distance or the speed we need… but right now, it’s all we have.
📦 A Package That Carried More Than Just Food We want to send a heartfelt thank you to Поліна Польна, who recently began supporting our battalion — and to her friend, whose package of food made it all the way to our position.
📸 In this moment, every soldier’s eyes are locked on the shotgun in their instructor’s hands. Not because it’s new — but because it’s their last resort. This is what training to fight enemy FPV drones looks like when you don’t have the right equipment.
This was once a safe position. A quiet place to rest, boil water, gather strength. Now, it’s too dangerous to return. FPV drones have changed the battlefield. Their range has increased dramatically.
On the ground, after every firefight, you’ll find the truth of this war scattered in brass. Spent casings. One by one, they might not look like much. But together — they were survival. They were the difference between losing and holding the line. It’s the same with support.
He entered military school at just 15. While other kids were dreaming about the future, he was already preparing to defend it. By the time Russia invaded in 2014, he wasn’t a boy anymore. He was a soldier — and he’s been fighting ever since. Ten years of war.
A rifle in our hands is protection. It’s our shield, our offense, our survival. But a weapon alone can’t do everything. Without power stations, we can’t charge radios or drones. Without antennas, we can’t call for medics or reinforcements.
30 Seconds to Survive Out here, you don’t get time to think. You get 30 seconds or less to run, drop, and disappear — because that’s how long it takes a drone to spot you. That’s why we train our infantry soldiers to move in full gear, find cover, and vanish into the terrain.
🗺️ Frontline Realities – Donetsk Oblast, July 2025 Intense Pressure Along Key Directions Russian forces are focusing their summer offensive along Pokrovsk–Kostiantynivka and Novopavlivka axes, aiming to cut Ukrainian supply lines and expand control. Heavy Fighting Around Critical Towns
🛡️ Holding the Line — With Blood and Will Right now, our battalion is holding the line in Donetsk Oblast. Not in theory. Not in headlines. With our blood, with our bodies, and with the 93rd Brigade — standing shoulder to shoulder in the mud and fire. This isn’t just about survival.
This isn’t just a group photo. These are the soldiers of our battalion — men who’ve become brothers, defenders, medics, drivers, drone pilots, cooks, mechanics. Every one of them has a name. A family. A story. A reason to fight — and a reason to come home.
