Friday, February 25, 2022

Hero Ukrainian soldier ‘blows himself up to destroy bridge’ and stop Russian invasion forces storming in from Crimea

"Generals hailed the sacrifice of Vitaly Skakun Volodymyrovych for halting a column of
Russian tanks at Henichesk, in the southern Kherson region.

The brave engineer had volunteered for the dangerous mission to rig the bridge with mines, an Armed Forces official said.

It is a key strategic pinch point linking annexed Russian-occupied Crimea and mainland Ukraine.

As Putin's forces raced towards him, Vitaliy realized he did not have time to set a fuse and get to safety.

According to his brothers in arms, Vitaly got in touch [with them] and said he was going to blow up the bridge

"Immediately after an explosion rang out." DR

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