Scout from God: the story of the Hero of Ukraine Stanislav Portala
In the hell of the latest Russian-Ukrainian war, Heroes appear, whose names will be retold to our great-grandchildren, as symbols of courage, courage and self-sacrifice for the will and independence of Ukraine.
Lieutenant Stanislav Partala, nicknamed “Metro”, was a legendary figure even among the best fighters of a separate special detachment of the National Guard of Ukraine “Azov”. Until the spring of 2014, he was an ordinary civilian who was most interested in the success of his favorite football club “Metalist” in his life, but he defended Ukraine, starting his career as an ordinary militiaman — a soldier of the battalion of the patrol service of the special purpose militia “Azov”. Brothers and sisters remember him as a person who is not verbose and completely indifferent to awards. “Scout from God” — this brief description from the mouth of a personnel officer of the National Guard is worthy of a thousand honors... Sergeant Partala received the Order “For Courage” of the 3rd degree in November 2016 for his actions near the village of Pavlopol, risking his own life, with a group of scouts and sappers attempted to evacuate his brother's body. The sappers moving ahead were blown up by an explosive device, two fighters were wounded. The group began to be shelled by terrorists, but thanks to the experience of Sergeant Partala, it was possible to remove all the fighters, evacuate the wounded and take out the body of the dead. Then, already in the military rank of sergeant, Stanislav Partala distinguished himself in the area of the village of Zaitsevo, where thanks to his professionalism and skillful leadership of the battle, the hidden advance of the enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group of five people, approaching the positions of the tactical battalion, was noticed in time group “Azova”. Fire was opened on the saboteurs in time, as a result of which four militants were destroyed, one was taken prisoner.
For this feat, by the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 81/2020 dated March 13, 2020, Stanislav was awarded the Order “For Courage” of the 2nd degree. And in February 2017, Metro received a public award — the title of People's Hero of Ukraine, and, he, a completely non-public person — “lit up”, thanks to which we have his photo portrait. Over the years on the front line, Stanislav conducted hundreds of successful combat operations, destroyed dozens of Russian invaders, and taught military affairs to many comrades. As the commander of an intelligence platoon, this officer belonged to the elite combat units of the National Guard of Ukraine. It was thanks to such warriors as Stanislav Partala that Mariupol was choked with the blood of Russian invaders for so long, but did not surrender. On February 27, 2022, warships of the Russian Federation appeared in the waters of the Sea of Azov, which began shelling the coast and tried to land the sea landing craft. The battle was taken by the Marines of the Armed Forces, who successfully repelled three attempts by the invaders to step ashore. Subsequently, the Morpies were forced to retreat to carry out the regrouping, covering their departure and temporary maintenance of the coastal boundaries were entrusted to the Azov Group of OZSP.
Within 48 hours, the “Azovs” repelled four landing attempts of a naval landing, inflicted significant losses on the enemy, Lieutenant Partala personally knew
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shielded eight invaders and sank two enemy vessels. On March 2, Stanislav and his subordinates successfully completed the task of mining possible routes of enemy advance and were already returning to the point of deployment, but in the vicinity of the village of Kalinovka “Azovets” encountered an enemy group, which numbered greatly outnumbered the National Guards and tried to surround them. Lieutenant Partala skillfully organized the repulse of the attack, during the battle the National Guards destroyed three armored vehicles of the enemy (and two of them were personally beaten by Lieutenant Partala), the enemy managed to escape. The platoon commander was seriously wounded, but despite this, he continued to lead the battle, and managed to get his unit into the area of concentration. Unfortunately, the doctors did not manage to save the life of the brave commander... For personal courage and heroism, manifested in the defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the Military Oath by the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 167/2022 of March 25, 2022 to the Lieutenant of the Party Stanislav Yuryoviviy I was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine with the award of the Order “Golden Star” (posthumously).National Guard of Ukraine
