Svitlana, a nurse from the 128th separate brigade of the Territorial Defense Department, eliminated a group of invaders with a well-aimed shot from a grenade launcher, saving her unit from encirclement.

This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to the brigade’s press service.

“When the powerful attack of the Russian occupiers with armored vehicles and landing forces began, Svitlana was at the company stronghold. At that moment, the unit was left without a commander, so Svitlana took command. She received instructions via radio from the battalion commander, who saw the battlefield from the video broadcast, and corrected the actions of all the fighters in the positions. From the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Svitlana volunteered because she had extensive medical experience – she worked as a nurse in the intensive care unit of the Mechnikov Hospital in Dnipro. That experience helped save dozens of lives, but commanding a unit in a fierce battle?” the report says.

It is noted that the stronghold was located among the ruins of the settlement. At first, Svitlana fired back together with her comrades. When it became clear that the unit’s positions were surrounded, because a group of occupiers entered one of the houses from the rear and took control of the escape and ammunition delivery routes, Svitlana picked up a disposable grenade launcher.

“I asked the guys to hold on and in no case leave their positions, because then we definitely wouldn’t be able to stand it. And then I took a disposable grenade launcher and went to meet the Russian attack unit. They got too close – they were only two houses away. I went around them, got up and fired a shot into the window of the house. The entire group of occupiers remained there,” Svitlana recalls.

The other day, the commander of the 128th brigade of the “Dike Pole” tactical unit presented Svitlana with an award, the Cross of the Ground Forces.

“It’s even embarrassing, because I already have two Golden Crosses of the first and second degree, many awards, and someone has been presented so many times, and he hasn’t received it yet,” she says. Джерело: https://censor.net/ua/p3551653

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