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both commanders knew each other because they had previously served together (in georgia i think?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1994%E2%80%931995)#Central_Railway_Station

Alik was an executioner i don't know how he could've refused the orders without being tried for desertion
it seems the higher-ups sent many soldiers as cannon fodder as when they sprang the various ambushes waiting for them none of their calls for help or reinforcements were answered
that battle was a dark fucking bloodbath