“We have bypassed the enemy on both sides” — guard Yaroslav fights with his father and brother
While Ukraine was given a hundred hours for total defeat, the Ukrainians fought desperately for their freedom and won. Kharkiv resident Yaroslav now has a father and brother in the war. They will fight for Ukraine to the end.
Yaroslav speaks calmly and confidently, every word as if carefully placed on the scales. He had a lot to see and experience during these six months of fighting. It has been fighting since the first day of the Russian Federation's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Before that, he was a civilian. He earned first by building roads, and then began to engage in the restoration of automobile disks. He says, “Made beauty.”
“From the very beginning [February 24, 2022], when we got to the military unit, we were given weapons and we immediately drove to a position near the county road. There were both wounded and dead. However, the enemy did not reach us, they all remained on the district road,” Yaroslav explains.
These were stationary positions that they built with their own hands, while they were beaten by RSVP and artillery. Nevertheless, the guard took part in assault operations.
“I participated in the liberation of the settlement of S*** [the name of the settlement is hidden for security purposes]. Everything was well planned, and as we drove in from both sides, we shelled enemy positions. Although he saw us first, we were able to suppress his points of fire. Next, we went into the forest under the cover of our armored vehicles and “art”. They consolidated, waited until the shelling from enemy artillery, from mortars. We spent a certain amount of time there, until we were replaced, fixed in positions. There were no casualties in the operation. Nevertheless, I caught a splinter, got a contusion. But there would be no war without it,” Yaroslav recalls.
As he narrates, he points to a hole in his bulletproof vest that saved him from injury. You can put the finger of an adult man in it, but he did not stop performing his protective function. Also, the fighter talks about the support of his father.
“We came to the military registration office on the 24th with my father. We would not be able to sit at home because my brother is fighting in the Armed Forces. My father is 58 years old. Of course, it is difficult for him, but here everyone can find a business for himself to help his brothers,” the guard shares. He says he is fighting for his home, and will do so before Victory.
Press service of the NGU
