They call me Shket, and I fought with lions.

Before war I studied at Kherson on a jurisprudence speciality.
After the war ends I would like to open some type of business and relax living a simple life. Something like a coffee shop while I keep increasing my military skills.

My assault story:
It was a counter offensive operation inside the Bakhmut direction .
Our task was to cross the canal (Siversky Donets - Donbas) and create a starting point for a future assaults to push out from.

As had been planned the day prior, we start the operation at 8 o’clock in the morning, our team was 8 soldiers supported with one M113 as the initial force.
According to intelligence information passed to our team, the enemy force should not have been to large in the give area at the time of our assault.

But when we forced the canal and began the assault, there started a massacre with about 40 Russians which had waited for us.
We understood the situation quickly, took control of our fear and we started pushing forward clearing blindages one by one.

“When we found out that there were 40 enemy’s soldiers we were up against, there was no time to panic. The only thing on our minds was to complete the task and not to let our team down, because not only was it our life on the line, but also the lives of all the guys.- Shket”

Bullets whistled above our heads and
Russian tanks started to shell our location.

As out team began moving forward the Russians began to panic. The Russian element had more men then us but was disorganized and began to take large loses. As we pushed forward our team started to find dead and we captured others.
15 minutes in to the assault and Russian artillery & MLRS started shelling our positions.
We had captured 2 Russians during out push but 5-6 people of our group had been wounded.
Two reserve elements were sent up to support our group, provide medical and engaged with the Russians.
That day I also was wounded taking 3 bullet wounds in my leg. I own my life to the quick actions of my brothers helping me with medical that day.

My brother Frantsuz helped me to get M113 for evac and there I found other wounded men from my unit and began provided some first aid treatment that they required.

Over all the assault operation that day was successful but we lost 3 legendary warriors and brothers through it - Virnyi / Modnik and Plohoy. You will be missed..
Their lives had a price of a full Russian infantry company.

At the and I’d like to add that everyone should be ready for war and learn military subjects. We had not suspected this situation in our country would get this bad with our neighbors. All I want to say is - be prepared and stand by, because even if the war stops now, knowing our neighbor Russia, the war can start again when no one expects it. And this might not only affect Ukraine, but other countries as well.

— Shket / Silver Squad

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