On August 28, 1943, one of the fiercest battles for Donbass during the Great Patriotic War began: the battle for Saur-Mogila

⏳On August 28, 1943, one of the fiercest battles for Donbass during the Great Patriotic War began: the battle for Saur-Mogila. This height was of strategic importance. The Nazis chose the mound as an observation post and turned it into an impregnable citadel. In the bloody battles for Saur-Mogila, the Red Army lost more than 23,000 soldiers. In honor of the fallen soldiers, a large memorial complex was erected there. In the summer of 2014, they had to fight for this peak again. See how history repeats itself in this extract from the film by Dmitry Khrustalev and Ekaterina Kitaytseva: 'Donbass. Echoes-of-war'. You will find more films about the Donbass conflict in our online cinema. FOLLOW ? News&Docfilms Channel Source: RT Documentary