For most of these people the war began eight long years ago. Many of them have been in rotation since last year. They survived months of enemy shelling and emerged victorious from terrible battles, they lose friends and do not spare their lives and health. Today Defense Expres will tell you what Ukraine’s heroes on the front lines live and dream about.
A serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the call sign "Dyak" has been fighting since 2016. He says that the period of Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) and Special Forces Operation (SFO) is a "resort" compared to the current hostilities. The reason is that russian artillery works much more massively than before. However, the military believes that the enemy can and should be beaten:
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- The enemy is very cowardly. When we start storming, they run away. The infantry there is really weak, - the man characterizes the professional and fighting qualities of the russians.
- This is our land! We will not give them anything! - emphasizes "Dyak".
- If we leave this place, those inhumans will come to our cities, to our families and will do even more harm than now, - says the signalman.
Serhii is a signalman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, worked for Ukrtelecom before the war. He has been fighting since 2014. His mother is in the Zaporizhzhia region, almost in the war zone. A daughter, a son and a wife are waiting for the man:
Serhii is sure: "The war will end with our victory. There is no other way!".
Maxym with the call sign "Borziy" is a 24-year-old officer from Lviv, he’s a commander of a company of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He says that the hardest thing for him was not to survive the explosions and grueling battles, but to properly prepare his unit for what they would have to face. At the same time, since the beginning of the full-scale russian aggression, the company has fulfilled all difficult tasks.
The enemy experienced their deadly skills, though Maxym’s company had some wounded. Fortunately, most of them are back in action. The others are about to return soon:
- What can I say about the enemy, - Maxim assesses the occupiers, - the primitiveness of their actions, some are similar to others, there is a minimum of communication between themselves, between units, they absolutely do not study the terrain, do not understand how to behave correctly in certain directions, they litter their positions and near the armored vehicles. This is not only filthiness, but also a revealing sign. I would not say that the enemy has skills in camouflage or correctly understands the tactics of the units.
Maxym is sure:
- The war will end with a grand defeat of the russian invaders by destroying their manpower and equipment. If we continue to destroy their technology at this rate, it will end sooner or later. And their infantry will not attack without armor.
Oleksandra is a combat medic. This is her fifth rotation. The girl does not remember and has never counted how many soldiers she saved. But she knows for sure that no one was left on the battlefield and everyone was transported:
- I never count evacuations. I want everyone to be the last to come. So that our boys don't get injured anymore.
- Physically, it's not difficult, - Oleksandra says. - Only later you realize what happened. And in the moments when you are working, everything is normal. The most important thing is to have time to do everything and do it right. Shelling is nothing in these moments. At most, seven wounded people were in the car at the same time. Two of them are heavy, lying down. But we have not yet left anyone without a place inside.
The girl wishes Ukrainian heroes not to be lazy and to constantly hone their skills both in tactics and in providing medical aid on the battlefield:
- So that the boys were as careful as possible, would not get confused and were always on the alert. Because the enemy is insidious. So that they don't miss tactical training classes, so that they don't get lazy to use the tools they have. They can do everything, they know everything, but sometimes they forget a little or simply lazy. Now we are provided with everything. Each fighter has an individual first aid kit, sufficiently well equipped, of good quality.
Oleksandra is sure that Ukraine will win this war. And after the victory, she wants to "go home to her cats." One of them, "Arta", was brought from Mariupol two years ago. Recently, during the shelling, the animal got scared and ran away from the fourth floor. But thanks to her friends, she was found safe and sound. And after the victory, she wants to "go home to her cats". One of them, "Arta", was brought from Mariupol two years ago. Recently, during the shelling, the animal got scared and ran away from the fourth floor. But thanks to her friends, she was found safe and sound.
Winston Churchill said of British military aviation during the Battle of Britain: " Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few". In the 21st century, the time has come again when the fate of humanity depends on a few - ordinary Ukrainian men and women, who were forced to take up arms and become the most capable army in the world. The time when the most expensive and the most expensive can be protected only by aimed fire at the Russian occupier.
Time of heroes.
Volodymyr Patola
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