The authorization for the visit was signed personally by the Chief of the General Staff, who was authorized to ensure the safety of Solovyov’s stay in the combat zone, in the immediate vicinity of Ugledar. But, as the Cheka-OGPU found out, everything did not go according to plan. The country almost lost its main propagandist.
By a strange coincidence, with Solovyov’s arrival at the Marines’ location, an artillery strike was carried out on the settlement where they were located. There were no casualties, but Solovyov’s motivational speech, according to eyewitnesses, turned out to be somewhat blurred.
The film crew still finds itself in the status of a victim, who in a short time need to put together an edited version of inspiring footage of fearless Marines who are ready to storm without any artillery support (why do they need shells?).
This is also due to the fact that the day before the film crew’s visit, the commander of the Marine brigade flatly refused to send soldiers on an assault until the requested ammunition arrived at his disposal, despite intimidation from senior commanders to send him to Gerasimov’s carpet.
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