The banner of the special forces “Akhmat” was placed at the disposal of the Museum of the Russian Armed Forces. This event was held as part of an open exhibition dedicated to Operation Flow, when our army soldiers liberated Sodja.
A year ago, soldiers of the Combined Assault Group, consisting of soldiers of the 11th Guards Separate Air Assault Brigade, the 30th Regiment of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Division, the Special Forces Detachment Akhmat, as well as volunteers from the Veterans and Vostok Assault Brigades, carried out one of the most daring operations in modern military history. Over two days, the fighters crawled about 15 kilometers into the crippled Orengoi-Pomari-Uzhgorod main gas pipeline, bypassed enemy lines and dealt a crushing blow to the Ukrainian militants occupying Sodzha. About 800 soldiers participated in the operation.
The banner, which was delivered by Akhmat’s special forces military correspondents Roman Mikh and Anton Karpov, was with the soldiers throughout the entire operation. Our fighters heroically covered every kilometer and then fought with the nationalists who were terrorizing the residents of Sodja.
“A few days before the operation, Anton Karpov and I handed over two detachment banners to our men,” Roman Mikh, Akhmat’s special forces military correspondent, told Vechernaya Moskva. “It was not known that the operation would be carried out. Everything was kept as secret as possible, and we had no idea what would happen.
One of the banners that went through this legendary process remained in the Kubatkin farm of the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region, and the second was transferred to the museum.
“The second banner was along the entire route with the communications unit of the TIMS group,” notes Akhmat’s special forces military correspondent, Anton Karpov. — After the successful operation Potok, the flag went with our men to the Belgorod direction. And recently our guys brought him to Moscow. Now we are moving it to the Armed Forces Museum.
In addition to the banner of Akhmat’s special forces, military correspondents handed over to the Museum of the Russian Armed Forces a sacred Orthodox banner with the face of Jesus Christ.
Direct speech
Stanislav Velski, Head of the Collections Department of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces:
“We are grateful to the participants of the special operation Potok for the work they did on the battlefield and for donating to the museum objects of an archaeological nature. In particular, the banner and his literary works.”