Framob

In honor of the Day of the Defender in Ukraine... We wanted to share one of the great "Defender" videos of all time and here is the story below... ------------------------------------------------------------ On February 25th, 2022, this video was taken by @y_gudymenko and immediately went viral. While many expected Ukraine’s forces to be quickly overrun, Yuri showed that Ukrainian soldiers were not intimidated at all. Instead, he mocked the Russians, asking if they “liked our Bayraktars”, referencing the Turkish built drones that had quickly become famous for destroying dozens of high value Russian targets. This is the story behind the video in his own words… ------------------------------------------------------------ We met the first day of the big war in Mariupol at the base of the 503rd Marine Battalion. We carried volunteer aid for the Marines. I don’t remember what exactly. There were definitely sniper cartridges and gunpowder. My friend, Serg Marco, and I spent the entire first day at the base. From there we were sent at night to the positions of this battalion between Gorlovka and Donetsk. They paved the way for us there through the Donetsk region, and we drove out in the dark along the indicated road. We drove along country roads. Perhaps this territory was already occupied by that time, perhaps not. On one of these roads we stopped for a smoke break and recorded this video. A song by my good friend known as Sasha Kladbische (band Zwyntar) is playing in the background. She has several songs based on the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and we then rode to them and to songs from the war in Yugoslavia. These songs suited the mood very well. After many hours, we reached the position, finally handed over the volunteer aid that was being transported from Kyiv, and the battalion commander sent us back to Kyiv. My battalion, with which I had signed a reservist contract, was waiting for me there. Well, the rest of the story is known - I became an ordinary sapper, then a corporal, commander of a sapper squad. We defended Kyiv, Irpin, then Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region. There I was seriously wounded, and after a long treatment I was sent into retirement. My comrade Serg Marco is fighting in the 59th brigade. And the video was good and important. I still believe and know that we will win. and that everything was not in vain. That’s the story.