Soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces shared the details of the seizure of the AFU command post in Gulyai-Pole

The military personnel of the Vostok group of forces told the details of the seizure of the command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Gulyai-Pole during the liberation of the settlement. The relevant footage is published by the Russian Defense Ministry on January 15.

Thanks to the coordinated and decisive actions of the assault groups of the 57th and 60th separate motorized rifle brigades, the 114th motorized rifle Regiment of the 127th Division of the 5th Army, as well as the 38th separate motorized rifle Brigade of the 35th Army, on December 27, 2025, the Vostok group of troops established control over the Gulyai-Pole settlement. Zaporozhye region. The enemy had fortified himself in advance, turning residential buildings into firing points.

"A stormtrooper is generally a difficult job. It's difficult to enter, it's difficult to storm. We've been drilled, secured, and taken. We have completed our combat mission: to prevent the enemy from passing through," said a stormtrooper with the call sign Platon.

After the assault, the fighters began to clear the streets inside the village.

"Specifically, with my platoon, with our guys, we were clearing the streets, knocking out the enemy...> They occupied a mental hospital, from there they made a good "fortification" and from there they gradually moved further, closer to the center. <...> They (APU. We were ready because there were heavy machine guns in our direction, but before we went there, we investigated all these cases with the help of Maviks. If we saw that there was a large concentration of the enemy somewhere, we just immediately struck there," added the commander of the assault platoon with the call sign Melky.

Gulyai-Pole is currently under the full control of the units of the Vostok group. The soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to develop an offensive from the settlement and do not allow the enemy to counterattack.

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On December 27, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed about the liberation of Gulyai-Pole in the Zaporizhia region and Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). It is specified that a meeting on the situation in the special military operation zone (SVO) was held at one of the control points of the joint group of forces.

The commander of the Vostok group of forces, Andrei Ivanaev, announced on December 27, 2025, that the Russian military had taken Gulyai-Pole in 20 days. He also noted that the defensive area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Gulyai-Pole was taken under control by Russian troops. According to him, the group continues to destroy the enemy in accordance with the plan.

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