Service in the Police and the Dream Before 2010 I only had civilian jobs – construction, service station, car wash. I wasn’t afraid of any kind of work, whether it was hard, easy, or dirty. In 2010, a friend of mine invited me to join the police and since then, I became a member of …
Maksym Dmytrash: “Now I live not only for myself but also for the four fallen comrades” Read More »
Before the war I come from an athletic family, I have been into cycling since childhood, and I am a master of sports in cycling. I graduated from the Mykolaiv School of the Olympic Reserve, was a member of the USSR national team, attended a school of higher sportsmanship, and graduated from two sports institutes. …
Yaryna Alimanova: “I have already defeated myself” Read More »
Children’s dreams Since childhood I dreamed of joining the military, I liked everything military. But I wanted to be not just a military man, but… a special one. A special forces officer. I looked at the Ukrainian special forces of the SBU, Alpha, which was then called “Berkut”. But my parents were against it. There …
Vitalii Borodavka: “I wanted to be a special military man” Read More »
Before the war I am from the Rivne region, from Zarichne. I finished school in 2014. At that time, my brother was already a border guard and was fighting in the ATO. Everyone was worried, and I wanted to join him. I applied to Azov, but I was 17 at the time, and they only …
Why the Army In 2012 I graduated with honours from the master’s program at the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design. I was offered a Ph.D. position, and I even planned to pursue it. The exams were scheduled in six months. However, during that time, I decided that I wanted to join the military. …
Maxym Zubov: “I compete with the person in the mirror” Read More »
