This isn’t only about a Russian young man … it could just as easily be about an American soldier, or German soldier (from days long gone by) … because despite the bullshit about wars, it is young men who are sent to fight them …. and truly, some of them perform truly heroic acts. (So, take your peace-nik idealistic comments and stick them where the sun don’t shine.)
First, this is actual footage from Alexander’s wedding. It’s just a little over three minutes. Watch it please, or at least part of it. Get to know the man, a little.
Alexander Prokhorenko, 25, was a special forces soldier, on a secret mission in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. Trapped behind enemy lines, surrounded by jihadists and with no possible means of escape, he took the decision to end his own life by calling in Russian warplanes to obliterate his location. His wife Ekaterina, who is pregnant with their first child, revealed she had no idea he was fighting in Syria. This is how it went down;
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