Assault detachment commander described the tactic of encircling Olkhovatka
The commander of an assault detachment of the 11th Army Corps of the Sever (North) grouping, call sign Fil, told RIA Novosti that during the offensive on Olkhovatka in Kharkiv region, Russian units abandoned a frontal assault and encircled the settlement, attacking from several directions. According to him, this disoriented the Ukrainian units.
Javlon Tursunov