“The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shared his heroic story on its Facebook page. “Norman” is a 48-year-old combat medic of a mechanized platoon who, together with three brothers, was stopped for 16 days…”, — write on: armyinform.com.ua
Read for: 2 min. January 10, 2025, 7:19 p.m
“Norman” from the 23rd separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the repulse of the attack destroyed six Russian servicemen, while preserving the personnel subordinate to him at the time. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shared his heroic story on its Facebook page.
“Norman” is a 48-year-old combat medic of a mechanized platoon who, together with three comrades, stopped the enemy’s attempts to advance deep into Ukrainian positions for 16 days.
According to “Norman”, as part of four fighters, they occupied two observation points that were located close to each other. “Norman” divided his men in such a way that the experienced fighters were in the front post and the younger ones in the rear. An important element of their success was a competent position, thanks to which they became almost invisible to enemy UAVs.
“Thanks to our competent position, we were practically invisible to the enemy ‘birds’, so the enemy, entering our positions, practically did not see us,” he notes.
Considering the situation, “Norman” decided to use the available weapons in order to stop the enemy. Three cluster mines were initially planted, and one of them stopped three Russian soldiers. After that, using grenades, “Norman” destroyed three more invaders.
“We let them get as close as possible and destroyed them… The main thing is to prepare the guys, to give them an understanding of who and what to do, to tell what actions everyone should take if the enemy approaches from one side or another. When people understand what they need to do and what to expect, then they are more confident and calm,” he explains.
His calm expression and confidence help to maintain the morale of his subordinates.
“I don’t know, it somehow turns out that way. The fighters see me, my calm expression on their faces, and they probably also get less nervous. Even if I’m nervous or tense, it doesn’t show on the outside, so the fighters feel some confidence in me. I have no other explanations,” the soldier adds.
