“DID” says that prayer gives strength. And when you pray on your land, which you defend, the prayer is many times stronger! He asks God for good for his relatives and four grandchildren. He prays for the Ukrainian people and for the earliest victory of Ukraine. “DID” wants to return to a peaceful life – growing wheat in his native Kirovohrad region, working with wood and metal. He believes that the doctors will help, and he will be able to do it despite the damaged collarbone. It happened on the morning of July 31 in Pisky. “DID” was sitting in a trench where three mines landed. A bulletproof vest saved the soldier’s life. A man remembers an injury, remembers battles, brothers, remembers what he prefers to forget, but he will never forget and forgive the enemy! This is the pain and loss of Ukraine. However, he knows for sure that Russia will pay for this war for a long time.

“APELSYN” doesn’t speak much – it is difficult after an injury. After going through Lysychansk and the front line, he says, he was a little unlucky in Toshkivka. There, the Russians were shooting houses from tanks. Oleg was covered with a slab. The man survived, but the damaged spinal cord does not allow him to move without a wheelchair. He was born in Kazakhstan in a military family. The family moved a lot. Oleg held his service in the missile forces. In peacetime, he worked as a driver and dreamed of an ordinary life, fishing, and hiking in the forest. Now his whole world is his wife Natalka. It is she who helps him return to an optimistic life. And thanks to her, Oleg painted the first picture in his life of a red kitten, which he called “Apelsyn”.

“YIZHAK” came out of the fog and is going to war with moskals!” – this is how he jokes about his call sign. He got it for a “prickly” character. Young Viktor was almost fired from the factory because he painted a trident on a milk truck. In adulthood, he received a warning because he beat moskals in Moscow, for disrespecting Ukrainians. In 2016, he applied for Donbas but was not accepted due to his age. Before the full-scale invasion, the man worked on a construction site in Poland. When Putin’s troops came to the Motherland, he did not think for a long time about what to do – he came back and joined the Armed Forces. Now he is a military medic. “YIZHAK” was injured on August 4 in the Zaporizhya direction. He was found unconscious. Then there were 5 days in a coma and hospitals all over the country. Viktor’s daughter is also a military medic. The son is undergoing final approvals before joining the army, and the nine-year-old grandson is collecting money to support the Armed Forces.

“YIZHAK” is sure – in this war, Ukraine is fighting both for itself and for the entire world. Is fighting and will win!