War takes the best
Оfficer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The hero of our Sunday column "Stories of the Strong" is Oleg Kostyuk. He is an officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war, a writer, the author of two books - the anti-novel "Sorrow and Madness" and the collection of short stories "Pryfrontova". In 2015, he went to the front as a volunteer, defended Ukraine in the east for a year and a half. Currently serves in the Armed Forces.
I had a dream
"I had a dream. Some girl in white. I had a dream in the afternoon, when we returned from the flight ... it was kind of vague, ... but, as usual, when I woke up, I began to remember: what and how and why? Probably something related to trips A girl, a girl, what kind of girl... We really took one... no, I'm lying, not one, we took two..." Oleg recalls. And he talks about the defender and the military medic who died and whom he was taking home for burial...
Some cannot come to their senses for a l
The man says: "Those with whom you live in the same room become like brothers to you. You eat together, clean your weapons together, one of them wakes you up when you need to go on duty... We divided the tasks in the event of a battle: an officer shoots, a soldier stabs shops with cartridges. Everyone has their own point... The buildings around - several high-rises and Khrushchevs, are frozen... And those who remain are doing everything to not give away their presence."