“The post about the fighter was published on December 20 on the brigade’s channel. “We drive up to the trenches – they start working on us in batches. I…”, — write on: armyinform.com.ua
Read for: 2 min. December 20, 2024, 8:23 p.m
A fighter of the 107th battalion of the 63rd mechanized brigade, 54-year-old grenade launcher Pavlo with the call sign “Grandfather” came under fire, was wounded, the evacs did not find him, but he got out on his own, and also brought a prisoner with him. The post about the fighter was published on December 20 on the brigade’s channel.
“We drive up to the trenches – they start working on us in batches. I jump out of the car and see a flash in front of me, another flash and darkness. Lost consciousness. Came to my senses. A fragment flew into the jaw below the ear and cut the right hand. I look around – but there is no one around. Probably, the Evac didn’t notice me in the dark,” “Grandfather” said.
According to him, the man had never had such fear.
“The point was squeezed in such a way that words cannot convey it. When KABs, hailstones, and tanks are moving, it’s all scary, but not so when you’re left alone. This is the worst thing that can happen in war.
Got to an empty dugout. Found cigarettes and water. Suddenly I hear a voice: “Is there anyone?”. I say: “Yes, yes! In the West!”. And I remove the fuse… And he shouts: “I’m a Russian, I’ve come from a dealer.” Fuck your mother, I was born in a shirt!”, “Grandpa” still violently experiences those events.
It turned out that the Russian was a prisoner.
“That’s all, I think, Khan – I’ll blink for a second and my neck will twist. But he was also wounded and contused. He says that they have neither food nor water there – he could not stand it, he chose captivity.
We went to ours. That Muscovite was holding me back a lot – he was walking slowly, he hadn’t even heard a scream yet, so he was constantly shouting. I say: “Shut up!”. And I think to myself – now I’ll quietly shoot him and that’s it. He seemed to feel it, began to beg: “Don’t shoot! I’m begging you, don’t shoot.” And I couldn’t… It’s not so easy to shoot a living person when you see him in front of you, even without a weapon,” “Grandfather” explains.
On the way, they were met by an evacuation vehicle.
“The doctors immediately recognized me and rushed to the Muscovite. I say that he is a prisoner. So they all went crazy there!
Until then, my point got worse… I thought my heart would jump out. Feeling as if it was all a terrible dream, and now it’s some kind of fairy tale. God gave me this chance – and I took advantage of it,” Grandfather concludes his extraordinary story.
As ArmiyaInform reported, the fighters of the unmanned systems battalion of the 63rd mechanized brigade assure that the white coats of the enemy do not save us from our drones at all.
