Last phase of the 2023 offensive: fierce fighting by the 3rd Brigade.

This is the final part of the documentary trilogy The Offensive. The first-person combat footage shows the offensive actions of the Third Separate Assault Brigade during the summer and autumn phase of the Ukrainian offensive in the Bakhmut sector. The end point of the brigade's offensive in the Donetsk region was Andriivka.

Having cleared the bank of the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas Canal from enemy forces and secured their positions, the brigade's fighters began a new stage - storming the approaches to the occupied village of Andriivka. The assault rifles are moving from trench to trench. They are under fire from small arms and grenades, including thermobaric grenades, are being used one after another. The occupiers are offered to surrender, but there is no time for long persuasion and the Russians have a limited choice - either to be captured or killed. "I'll smoke you out!" one of the fighters comments and continues to pour.

So, through forest belts, occupants' trenches and fierce fighting, the stormtroopers approach the settlement and begin the liberation operation.

The complete defeat of the enemy 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Russian Federation by the Third Assault Brigade, the constant dynamics on the battlefield, the sounds of explosions, shooting and the moments when you say goodbye to your life, your comrades and loved ones. And all of this for the sake of raising the Ukrainian flag and the brigade's flag over the liberated land