On March 1, 2022, Bashtanka, a tiny town in southern Ukraine, displayed one of the most epic examples of modern valor when a ragtag gang of barely armed civilians tore to pieces a Russian armored convoy advancing on Mykolaiv. Meet the Magnificent Basterds that did it…
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Source: fragment of the documentary “Battle for Bashtanka” by Suspilne Mykolaiv channel https://youtu.be/97Nn98VvEsI
English translation and subtitles: by the author of this channel.
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*Notes:*
*Bashtanka — Dobre — Yavkyne* on the Google map: https://shorturl.at/moryJ
The place of the main battle, Bashtanka dam, and downtown: https://shorturl.at/qwyLQ
(1:06) “We formed our own Community Militia battalion.” — Voluntary Community Militia (ДФТГ Добровольче Формування Теріторіальної Громади) — a Ukrainian militarized territorial defense formation. Unlike the Territorial Defense units that sign contracts with the AFU and are part of the Armed Forces, the Voluntary Community Militia is funded and maintained by the local communities. In theory, these units act with the consent of the local Territorial Defense Forces command. In practice, they are a bunch of Robin Hoods.
(4:19) *Ural* — Ural 4320, Russian army general-purpose 6×6 truck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural-4320
The Urals were towing recoilless howitzers D-30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/122_mm_howitzer_2A18_(D-30).
(5:02) *Father Makhno-style* — Nestor Makhno, the father of Ukrainian anarchism, a legendary folk-anti-hero in southern Ukraine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Makhno
(10:56) “Pantsir-S1” SAM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantsir_missile_system
(11:35) *UAZ* — UAZ-469, a Soviet military Jeep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAZ-469
(16:10) The Russian armor that broke through Bashtanka was stopped the next day (March 2, 2022) in Voznesensk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Voznesensk
Yet another little clip about the Bashtanka events https://youtu.be/F1JjNhxBGoc