War correspondent Anna News Oleh Blokhin, who is in the units of the Syrian army, spoke about the details of the capture of the Palmyra on his page in Facebook. According to him, the assault on the city was conducted so well that the terrorists didn’t stand a chance.
“The spectacle was notable, as in films about the second world war.At 7: 30 it was ordered to go to the assault. Sadiq (the soldiers of the Syrian army – approx. ed.) came to the fore on two parallel roads. One led from the South right in the historic site of Palmyra. The second area of the citadel, where is located the South-West gate in Tadmor. In the beginning especially coming resistance is not met. The first resistance came when a convoy going from the South to the ruins of Palmyra, reached the hotel complex. Almost at the same time clashed with the devils and the team heading to the citadel” – said Blokhin.
He wrote that the militants used large-caliber firearms and even knocked out one of the humvees with anti-tank. Also the terrorists started firing at the army positions with mortars, but fire points quickly managed to suppress with the help of artillery and helicopters.
“Around 11-30 Sadiq took the hotel complex and 12 came close to the ancient city. It is here that the spirits had more number of firing points, which immediately began to work on Sadiq. And here I was able to observe a cool maneuver on the part Sadykov.They were divided into two groups. One stayed and continued the assault of the ancient city, the second was to go around the city from the South to the East. Defense devils fell”, – shared his impressions of Blokhin.
By 14 o’clock the terrorists left the ancient city and retreated into residential apartments. To 14.30, the Syrian army took the high ground Syriatel, and “spirits” remained only the citadel. By 15 o’clock and she fell. At this time in the town from the East came another group, and the militants have only to retreat. The journalist believes that the fact that the assault was not a surprise for the militants, but the way it was conducted, excites admiration.
2 March it became known that the city of Palmyra in Syria is completely liberated from the insurgents by the Syrian army, with the support of videoconferencing. About it the Minister of defense Sergei Shoigu reported to the head of the state Vladimir Putin.
Photo: Oleg Blokhin / Facebook