"On the Bakhmut' direction, a sniper is working towards us on one side, and artillery is shelling on another. And we eat canned pineapples and laugh..."
- Before the war, I had a great job - I worked as a cook on a cruise ship. I speak English fluently, had a very decent salary, traveled to African countries, France, Spain, the entire Mediterranean. I could have continued to work quietly, but I decided to join AFU and immediately signed a contract for three years. Although I had no military expirience. Why did I join the army? Because I see what terrible things the Russians are doing, and I want to personally put an end to it.
In the direction of Bakhmut, we occupied a position on the outskirts of the village for a week. In the evening, when it was already dark, an enemy assault group of eight men showed up around our position. In front of the positions, two our fighters were hiding in "secret" (hidden position), and I told them to leave. But they decided to accept the combat, because they were too close to the enemy. We immediately gathered our group and rushed to help. Six Russians were killed, two escaped. Only one of us was wounded in that battle - me. I went into battle with a "Pokémon" (PKM - Kalashnikov machine gun upgraded) and when one of the enemies got too close, I shot him at close range. While falling, he managed to shoot, the bullet hit me in the leg.
Then other fighters examined the killed. Apparently, these were "Wagners". Some are dressed in our pixel uniform. "Wagners" behave very brazenly on the battlefield - crawl under bullets, walk over the corpses of their fighters, it seems as if they are high. We put a lot of them there. If combat organized correctly, one machine gunner can mow down up to 50 enemies.
You don't feel fear during the fight. But after the battle, when you analyze, you realize that you didn't always behave wisely. You get used to the constant shooting over time and it dulls the sense of danger. Somehow our position was detected and began to be covered from different sides. A sniper works from one side, and an artillery and mortar from another side. And we opened canned pineapples, we eat and laugh. It's not very right to behave like that...
I studied in Britain last year. We were trained by instructors who fought in Syria and Afghanistan. I explained that Ukraine is not at war with the Taliban, who are armed with "Kalash" and other light weapons, we have a different situation. But in general, the training was very interesting and useful. Therefore, after the war, I myself plan to become an instructor in order to share military experience with soldiers from other countries.
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