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Ukrainian soldier blows self up on bridge to stop Russian advance.
Posted on 2/27/22 at 12:23 am
Posted on 2/27/22 at 12:23 am
The Hill
quote:Dude is a real hero in Ukraine.
The Ukraine military wrote early Friday morning that a soldier blew himself up on a bridge to stop Russian soldiers trying to advance.
Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Skakun was an engineer for a battalion of marines on the Crimean isthmus, where Russian tanks and military forces began to advance into Ukraine.
The marines decided to blow up the Genichesky Bridge to stop the invasion, a task for which Skakun volunteered despite being in a different battalion.
Skakun placed mines on the bridge and told his fellow soldiers that he was blowing up the bridge. The bridge blew up before Skakun was able to run away, and he died in the explosion.
“His heroic deed significantly slowed the advance of the enemy, which allowed the unit to redeploy and organize the defense,” wrote the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of Skakun in a Facebook post.
Skakun’s death allowed the rest of the soldiers to prepare for the oncoming Russians and saved the Ukrainian military time and ammunition.
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Posted on 2/27/22 at 12:25 am to HubbaBubba
So he blew up a bridge?
Posted on 2/27/22 at 12:25 am to HubbaBubba
On the third day they’ll be a story about him rising from the dead.
Posted on 2/27/22 at 12:30 am to HubbaBubba
quote:
Volodymyrovych
quote:
Skakun placed mines on the bridge and told his fellow soldiers that he was blowing up the bridge. The bridge blew up before Skakun was able to run away, and he died in the explosion.
So was it on purpose or just a frick up?
This post was edited on 2/27/22 at 12:32 am
Posted on 2/27/22 at 12:31 am to The Boat
quote:
On the third day they’ll be a story about him rising from the dead.
The zombie of Crimea
Posted on 2/27/22 at 12:31 am to HubbaBubba
What? Where is the outrage about the premature detonation? Propaganda BS.
One minute Ukraine needs all kinds of help, and the next minute Ukraine is winning and destroying every Russian squadron stepping foot in the country.
One minute Ukraine needs all kinds of help, and the next minute Ukraine is winning and destroying every Russian squadron stepping foot in the country.
Posted on 2/27/22 at 12:34 am to Outdoorreb
Of all the mostly unbelievable stories ok’ing out of this war, this is probably the most believable one.
Posted on 2/27/22 at 12:36 am to HubbaBubba
Comrade Rick Grimeovich
Posted on 2/27/22 at 12:40 am to upgrayedd
Posted on 2/27/22 at 12:45 am to HubbaBubba
Posted on 2/27/22 at 12:55 am to SEClint
quote:Seems like both
So was it on purpose or just a frick up?
Posted on 2/27/22 at 5:54 am to HubbaBubba
If he would have been Arabic, he would have been labeled as a terrorist
Posted on 2/27/22 at 6:08 am to Zappas Stache
Mighty MiGs and Sukhois, screaming through the sky,
Raining down destruction on the plains,
Armed with deadly missiles, o’er the steppe they fly,
Penetrating deep into Ukraine,
Then from out of nowhere, Russian plane goes down,
Twisting through the clouds until it crashes to the ground,
Wraith from out of nowhere, can it be believed?
Mark another kill, and feel the chill,
Is it the Ghost of Kyiv?
Is it the Ghost of Kyiv,
Waiting somewhere in the sky?
The Spirit of the Cossack,
Which invader’s next to die?
He comes from out of nowhere,
And all he brings is pain,
Like the wailing of the banshee,
Yet the Ghost of Kyiv remains.
Raining down destruction on the plains,
Armed with deadly missiles, o’er the steppe they fly,
Penetrating deep into Ukraine,
Then from out of nowhere, Russian plane goes down,
Twisting through the clouds until it crashes to the ground,
Wraith from out of nowhere, can it be believed?
Mark another kill, and feel the chill,
Is it the Ghost of Kyiv?
Is it the Ghost of Kyiv,
Waiting somewhere in the sky?
The Spirit of the Cossack,
Which invader’s next to die?
He comes from out of nowhere,
And all he brings is pain,
Like the wailing of the banshee,
Yet the Ghost of Kyiv remains.
Posted on 2/27/22 at 6:23 am to HubbaBubba
Patton said that you are supposed to make the other bastard die for his country.
RIP to a brave man Engineer Shakun.
RIP to a brave man Engineer Shakun.
This post was edited on 2/27/22 at 6:24 am
Posted on 2/27/22 at 7:06 am to SEClint
quote:
Volodymyrovych
Cyrillic doesn’t translate well to English in a lot of cases
that’s a simple name in Russian and probably shouldn’t be spelled with so many Y’s. ????????????? or something along those lines ETA: apparently chicken doesn’t allow Cyrillic characters
This post was edited on 2/27/22 at 7:07 am
Posted on 2/27/22 at 7:11 am to joshnorris14
quote:
So he blew up a bridge?
And himself
What a hero!
Posted on 2/27/22 at 7:21 am to shawnlsu
Posted on 2/27/22 at 7:22 am to HubbaBubba
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother.
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother.
Posted on 2/27/22 at 7:37 am to Bigfishchoupique
quote:
Patton said that you are supposed to make the other bastard die for his country.
I believe it went something like the object of war is not to die for your country but to make some other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
Posted on 2/27/22 at 7:54 am to HubbaBubba
quote:
a soldier blew himself up on a bridge to stop Russian soldiers trying to advance.
Prime suspect: The Russian Roadrunner
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