"At the front of the main condition has set for itself - not to be a burden in the physical plane. In moral - was self-confident. I remember how one of the soldiers saw the decomposed body of a separatist, dropped the gun and said, "I won't quarrel" .

In the unit I got as a military journalist. The main condition has set for itself - not to be a burden in the physical plane. In moral - was self-confident. This is important.

After visiting the headquarters in Kramatorsk, I realized that the staff is something like bad zones and this is normal because you have come to the front. At the same time, compared with military campaigns, when people have to sleep in the ruins of houses, basements or trenches, the headquarters is a five - star hotel.

When we were told that we were going under Saur-Grave, of course, we were worried. Because everyone knew that there some of the bloodiest battles take place. But how it all really seriously, we realized the place.

When the night arrived, we were greeted by "hail". It was clear that the missiles flew from Russia. And the driver didn't see it and went to the fire zone. We knocked him on the roof, so retarded. Then flew off with armor and ran into the shelter of the prop tanks that were there, this is a memorial complex. There were trenches left from the separatists. I tried to shoot flies "grad". In any other circumstances, I would say that "castle" is very beautiful from the outside. When he flies to you - have a chance to hide. As with grenade. You have three seconds to jump and hide in the earth - grenade feet, not the head. In this position it can you not hook. I knew a friend who two banners gathered leg and remained alive, no scratches.

Our group was purely of volunteers, and the guys are well organized gave battle, although for almost everyone he was the first, and lasted approximately 4 hours. When the battle first working instincts. It so happens that someone gets jammed, that is, when a person is afraid to press the trigger, but it is, as a rule, recruits happens.

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There was a time when "ordered" artillery on itself three times. Separi, apparently, thought: "well, their Fig". And more manpower to attack did not go - artillery bombed and tanks .

The group that tried to attack, suffered heavy losses. They had killed the gunner, we found them to be the trophies that are only armed with the Russian army. Thank you, now we have a rangefinder 20 kilometers.

I didn't see fear in anyone. Because fear is just no time. Sounds team "to fight" - well, to fight thus for the fight: got up and went. Rethink it all had only when returned to Kiev. I came with my material, which is not even finished and rushed immediately in volunteering. That is, I can't sit down, breathe, and think about it all. And bullets there were quite near: ricocheted hurt, concussions.

Volunteer - it is a choice without a choice. I, at least, so. Don't understand how you can remain indifferent and pretend that nothing is happening.

Who are the volunteers? It is those people who are out of the ground would get if you need something. And get instantly. This is the fastest and well-functioning system in Ukraine. I recently had an issue at customs: only 2 Kevlar helmets missed. The officer insisted. But I wrote one person, he was transferred to another, he called someone and everything was solved in 4 minutes. The only bureaucracy volunteers are reports on receipt of money. Although many help, not demanding it. This on trust. And the tight working body in the country is the Ministry of Defence.

Look at the person in the headquarters, to military action and see a regular guy, has some sort of profession, previously led a normal civilian life. He's not military, and even in the army, for example, is not served. And the battle begins - and he fearlessly, one of the first leads fire suppression. While at headquarters, you look at people and we can only guess who in his own way. In the basement of one of the guys with the wound continued to fight, and that he was wounded, he said already, when the battle was over. Maybe some swank present on the staff, but when you're in combat and you are with a person together in the trenches, you are attacked, together makwiramiti, is supposed to go to some distant plan, no one remembers.

Who live in war is a matter of centimeters.

The guy one on unloading hung hand grenades for grenade launchers. He stood with the commander spoke, and he bullet right in "Vogue" came. Laughed. Lucky.

We have a boy Eugene, 17-year-old. Recently returned from Vinnitsa hospital after concussion. In the army, he was not taken. He was one of those three who were sent to us for help. Older people try to educate and nurture, but all adhere to the unanimous opinion that such guys as he is the future. He is one of the best soldiers I have ever met. He knows almost all kinds of weapons and how to use it all. And there are many such as Eugene. When he was taken a strategic height, one of the main heroes of the victory were volunteers. They fled the storm, they raised a our regular army. As a reward for the capture of the heights gave the personnel officer. But volunteers go there not for the reward. Unlike police officers who are traveling and think that standing on the roadblocks and casmara volunteers will receive a participant in hostilities. As far as I know, not get.

The police are not even trying to hide their mood, the cops in plain text said that over 2,000 salary we're not ready to fight and die.

In Kharkiv, for example, a volunteer stopped at the checkpoint and say, "what do you carry night vision, rifle scopes? What your Americans don't help, did I?", absolutely cotton conversations. Although among them there are different people. There are those who resigned and went as volunteers, there are those who have transferred. And those who are reinterpreted. I had the bracelet, there " won STL" was written and one "Bernatowicz asked, so I gave him his. I asked him whether he understands the symbolism of it all, to whom it is dedicated, and that he was then on the other side of the barricade. He said he understands and that we should not judge it on the form. I told him that bracelet was a gift.

Unfortunately, there are still a lot of separatists. I talked with a local in the village Petrovsky under Saur-Grave, there are so few of them remained after the bombing every night. The first thing that struck: "Guys, and who was at war with whom?" Pretend to know nothing. On the same day, when he talked very point came the artillery in the house where we were, the house caught fire immediately. Sector of about us too were shot. When the house burned down, we two streets ran in the other under mortar fire. While all is quiet, they communicate with you as soon as mine arrived in the garden, they rush into the street with mats: "bring down from here, it's all because of you", when that bomb is not on our side. Despite the fact that trying to help with food, water. Cigarettes guys share. Mine arrived in our home, in the clinic, in the munitions depot. But all this was a point shelling, that is, someone gave a tip. Soldiers with local communicated without problems, there was no checkpoint, no one checked who enters this village, who leaves. Any subversive group could just change into local and all crumble.

Here in the city, I wildly: many do not understand that we're in a real war, just unannounced, with all the atrocities that can be. Torture, ill-treatment and executions of prisoners of war. When I was in the raisins, in that moment, when I was the front line Raisins-Slavyansk. Spent the night in the city centre. Went to the balcony, to the left - disco "boom-boom-boom, and on the right you can see the glow from the fighting and hear the echoes of the explosions. I thought that too Kiev to shame, if there is.

People think that their war will not be affected, but the situation is not so safe as many people think. The war in our country, Yes it is not in Kiev, but it is quite near.

Who knows what is in the mind of the President of the Russian Federation. And people should be prepared for war. At the moment there are many courses comedycentral assistance, very importantly that saves lives. We had wounded at Saur-Grave, he splinter in his hand fell and he himself helped. And this is a volunteer, it specialist. So spend some time to prepare, living in a country that is at war - now a necessity for everyone.

Me wants to go back. There all really. There are black and white and no other colors.

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