Ukrainian counter-assault frees POWs
This overhead drone footage shows Ukrainian soldiers from the 141st Mechanized Brigade. Russian soldiers overran a position the Ukrainians had held in Donetsk, but as the drone footage shows, in so doing, the Russians took Ukrainian soldiers as prisoners. This changed the stakes and the Ukrainians then mounted a speedy counter-assault. They cleared the position and freed their comrades. Interestingly, the Russians were apparently not taken captive themselves. It is unknown whether they refused to surrender or weren't given the option- either out of vengeance/spite or due to manpower and the associated complications of looking after prisoners. In any case, although "you fight for the guy next to you," has been repeated across time, conflict, and popular culture into trope-dom, these freed prisoners will remember who came back for them for the rest of their lives.
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