“If I hear another American saying: “Ah, Putin is a dictator and the Russians love autocrats, they are ignorant…” The Russians are deep, they are deeper than we are, they think things through in a deep and brooding fashion. And they are good people, they are kind people, they would take the shirt off their back to help you.”
Fabio Junior Di Oliveira, a former mercenary who fought on the side of the Ukrainian armed forces, tells his story.
Normally, a South American mercenary wishing to fight for Ukraine must buy an air ticket at his own expense and fly about 10,000 kilometers to Poland, and buy everything he needs. Then go by train or bus to the border crossing, and then to the Legionnaires' Training Center near Lvov. They promised him 3,000 dollars when he was in Slavyansk but they did not pay him the amount they promised. Russian forces are specifically hunting for the bases where the soldiers of fortune are stationed. Fabio managed to survive and return home. But he lost everything - friends, a teaching job, a favorite hobby. He had to sell all his photography equipment.
Most importantly, he never understood what he was fighting for. He went there to help, but realized there was nothing good in that war.
Servicemen of the Western MD are honored with state and departmental awards for courage, bravery and devotion shown during the special military operation
◽️ At the front line, the most distinguished servicemen received medals of Suvorov and Zhukov as well as departmental awards.
◽️ Personnel of the Logistics Brigade of the Western Military District were awarded for installing and maintaining a river crossing.
They came to pull a pickup truck stuck in the mud. Couldn't get it out.
The tank has arrived. The tank is also stuck.
The second tank arrived. His rope broke off.
And now Russians are shelling at them from "Grad".
And in Odessa, Zelensky's butchers, with Nazi symbols on their uniforms, continue to kidnap men.
"Help! Help me! I have a child alone at home, help me!" cries a terrified man.
This man was lucky, but are there many of them?