Dear friends! Dear colleagues-journalists who introduced me to the award of "national hero of Ukraine". Thank you with all my heart. Itself the competitive selection for the submission to the people's award is transparent and reasonable procedure, where the award represent the majority. In the list of national heroes for over a thousand names. Thanks to the organizers who made this contest possible, and thank you for such a wonderful organization. Among those awarded first names that I see all the people are very decent and all of the case. Means, and further awarding people will wait and believe, it means "national hero" will be a real people's award.

For me, a huge honor and surprise to be presented among the first to public order. There are no words that could ever thank those who gave my work so appreciated.

But awards of "national hero" released in the first batch and real heroes we already have hundreds and thousands... So please understand me correctly - I would like to see me the order has received a hero is a veteran.

For me, in time of war, heroes are those soldiers and officers who go into combat, making combat work long risking life and limb fighting professionally who sacrifice themselves for the sake of our Ukraine...

Unfortunately, a lot of these heroes were not awarded, or their power feat appreciated enough. I went to the front as a volunteer and as a journalist, and in my memory there were many. I will never forget how the crowd took pictures with me fighters at a checkpoint 39-06 near Ilovaysk - most of these guys got out of the encirclement. I know a lot of heroes, farewell "see you later!" and is gone forever. I would like to distribute a lot of awards, many of the highest awards worthy. We at "<url>.There is NO" do everything possible not to become unsung heroes. We wrote and will write a lot about heroes and heroic deeds...

I believe it is possible for him to accept the order only after will be awarded to all the heroes, past the front. Order first of all they need - those who gave all for the sake of the homeland and risked every day and every second. And order is needed as the memory of the deeds of the dead.

Please award the Commission to consider awarding assigned me the reward of my friend, the captain of the 3rd regiment of the special forces of the armed forces of Ukraine Yuriy Butusov. In his 25 years Yuri was one of the best commanders of groups of the Ukrainian special forces, personnel officer. From the first days perform combat missions in the ATO. We're not related, but we met him in absentia - over the phone. He got it from command for criticism - my articles were attributed to him. How many times Yura undeservedly got me... uh-Oh. Coincidentally, I wrote about the battles in which he participated, in the sectors in which he fought.

For me, a huge honor and surprise to be presented among the first to public order. There are no words that could ever thank those who gave my work so appreciated.

But awards of "national hero" released in the first batch and real heroes we already have hundreds and thousands... So please understand me correctly - I would like to see me the order has received a hero is a veteran.

For me, in time of war, heroes are those soldiers and officers who go into combat, making combat work long risking life and limb fighting professionally who sacrifice themselves for the sake of our Ukraine...

Unfortunately, a lot of these heroes were not awarded, or their power feat appreciated enough. I went to the front as a volunteer and as a journalist, and in my memory there were many. I will never forget how the crowd took pictures with me fighters at a checkpoint 39-06 near Ilovaysk - most of these guys got out of the encirclement. I know a lot of heroes, farewell "see you later!" and is gone forever. I would like to distribute a lot of awards, many of the highest awards worthy. We at "<url>.There is NO" do everything possible not to become unsung heroes. We wrote and will write a lot about heroes and heroic deeds...

I believe it is possible for him to accept the order only after will be awarded to all the heroes, past the front. Order first of all they need - those who gave all for the sake of the homeland and risked every day and every second. And order is needed as the memory of the deeds of the dead.

Please award the Commission to consider awarding assigned me the reward of my friend, the captain of the 3rd regiment of the special forces of the armed forces of Ukraine Yuriy Butusov. In his 25 years Yuri was one of the best commanders of groups of the Ukrainian special forces, personnel officer. From the first days perform combat missions in the ATO. We're not related, but we met him in absentia - over the phone. He got it from command for criticism - my articles were attributed to him. How many times Yura undeservedly got me... uh-Oh. Coincidentally, I wrote about the battles in which he participated, in the sectors in which he fought.

Butusov

His group was one of the first was thrown in sector "D", and its area of action was Saur-Grave. He participated in all attempts to capture the height, and during a successful attack. His group operated across the border, the Jura has played an important role in the rapid capture of Grace, where they took two prisoners, in the actions around the Snow, in the defense Saur-Graves. He had brought in reinforcements paratroopers of Colonel Potekhina and Podpolkovnik Melnichenko on Saur-the Grave on August 17. The group is admirably focused on the ground, was perfectly harmoniously, and Yura has always complied with all orders of command. And he never complained.

Captain Butusov promptly found and reported to the command of the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine on August 23. August 24, Jura one of the last Ukrainian soldiers withdrew from Kuteynikovo.

Yura impossible not to love. Amazingly charming guy, with a great inner strength. In Kiev, he was staying with a friend - this war-chaplain Andriy Zelinskyy, which also deservedly presented to the "National hero". Dream Jura - the creation of modern special operations Forces in Ukraine. I met with a close friend and Jura - the commander of the 140th center mtrs captain Dan Kolesnik... About Dana I wrote раньше...(http://slavaukraine.net/en/news/heroes-glory/970-captain-dan-kolesnik-the-most-difficult-fight-of-140-th-center-special-operations-forces.html)
Gold medalists of the army Academy, the best students of the course head of Department of special operations of the General staff Sergei G. Krivonos.

The 14th of February 4 groups of 3 regiment, the special forces were on alert thrown in sector "C" and got a strange problem - the support columns of supply from Lugansk in Debaltsevo. SWAT had only personal firearms, groups, gave one armored troop-carrier from another part. The road to debaltseve, with Ukrainian military in the area were shot up by the enemy, including tanks, columns and wiring such weak forces in open terrain, performing the tasks of the armoured units, seemed like a crazy risk. 2 groups refused to guard the pillars, and returned to Kirovograd. But Yura unquestioningly followed orders, though perfectly understood all. Could not run, but... it wouldn't be the Jura. Butusov has always carried out the task.

He has successfully conducted several flights, accompanying a column of supply in Debaltsevo. And 16 February took another column ago - with the wounded and the bodies of the dead from Debaltsevo. The cover was weak - not in the convoy of tanks, one armored personnel carrier and infantry fighting vehicles. In fact on false official statements of all speakers and advisers of the Ministry of defense of the environment around Debaltsevo no longer existed, and the truce was established on the 15th of February.

But the enemy didn't pay attention to a truce. The 16th of February, a convoy under the command Butusov was ambushed on the outskirts of debaltseve in the region of Novogrigorievka. His APC was hit, Yura continued to command, but was seriously wounded. He felt that might happen, and when you exit combat machine operator group Vasily Belém remembered how Yuri shouted to his comrades - "you Guys are the best, I love you!" He fell out of the APC, however, far to crawl failed. In the video filmed by Russian fighters, Jura down by a grenade clutched in her hand. Like this it was a 25-year-old boy, to surrender, he didn't mean to... But to pull the ring not already done....The battle was lost and the war reporter,captain-Lieutenant Dmitry Labutin. He graduated from the Lviv military Institute in 2009 and was assigned for duty in the Naval forces of Armed Forces of Ukraine. Honorably served military journalist and participated in many campaigns and exercises of the Ukrainian Navy. Having remained loyal to the oath to the people of Ukraine Dmitry Labutin left captured the Peninsula and continued to serve Ukraine already in the combat zone. As an officer of Pressley in the sector, has always been in the thick of things.

Trucks with the wounded managed to escape from the ambush site. But the group of the Jura were lost in battle and taken prisoner.
About Jure remained good memory among the men. I was in the barracks - he lived together with his team, everything was in the room in perfect order, all things in the locker and folded perfectly. He is not forgotten friends and colleagues, mother Nadezhda, brother Sergey officer, in the past year the ATO, his civil wife Julia, whom he wanted to get married at the next rotation...

Memory eternal, Yuri Butusov. We will not forget you, folk hero....
R. S. Soldier from the 3rd special forces regiment Vadim dougary involved in a battle that killed Yuri,( material about Vadim can be read here. - Ed.) written in memory of a lost friend: "Yura, you will remain in our hearts forever... we Love you and will always remember... As you said before death - we are the best, and the best, because everyone trusted you... the Earth will you rest in peace!!!"

Source: Юрий Бутусов, Цензор.НЕТ