On the Day of the Marine Corps of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the defenders and honored them with state awards.
About this on Thursday, Might 23, inform within the Navy of the Armed Forces.
“You distinguished your self in battles from the primary days of the conflict and took part in every of the really strategic battles on our southern and jap borders. That is the protection of Zmiiny Island, Odesa and Mykolaiv areas, exhausting fight work in Kherson area, which largely determines the destiny of this conflict, defensive operations in Donetsk area and Luhansk area,” Zelenskyy stated.
The President additionally added that Ukraine will proceed to develop the energy of the Marine Corps and it’ll at all times be a particular sort of army: each by way of significance, and by way of tools, and by way of respect.
The reminiscence of all marines who gave their lives in battles for Ukraine and its independence was honored with a second of silence.
The president honored the troopers with state awards.
The “Cross of Fight Benefit” was awarded to:
Grasp Sergeant Ihor Grabovoi. The unit below his command destroyed a couple of platoon of the “Storm-Z” group through the battle. Since October of final 12 months, along with the unit, he has been performing fight missions close to the village of Krynky within the Kherson area. Throughout this time, Ukrainian servicemen knocked out the Russian invaders from their positions, captured and expanded the bridgehead. Ihor Grabovoi personally destroyed 5 invaders.
Lieutenant Colonel Vasyl Sosnovsky. Final summer time, below his management, an assault was made on the locations of focus of armored automobiles and the T-72 tank was destroyed together with the crew. Because the fall of final 12 months, along with the unit, he has been performing fight missions close to the village of Krynky. Throughout this time, the army destroyed greater than 30 items of kit and a couple of hundred Russian invaders.
Sailor Taras Kharchenko. This 12 months, in February, close to the village of Krynky, he ensured the evacuation of 13 critically wounded troopers. Later, his unit got here below hearth whereas conducting reconnaissance and passing mine-explosive limitations, however regardless of this, he decided a brand new route for the items to maneuver and made passes.
Volodymyr Zelensky awarded yet another soldier with the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi of the first diploma, one with the 2nd diploma, and 4 with the third diploma. One defender acquired the Order “For Braveness” of the II diploma, 9 – “For Braveness” of the III diploma.
The top of state additionally offered battle flags to the 66th separate gun artillery division of the 406th separate artillery brigade named after Colonel-Normal Oleksiy Almazov and the 505th separate battalion of the thirty seventh separate marine infantry brigade, in addition to the “For Braveness and Braveness” similar battalion and the first separate battalion of marines of the thirty sixth separate brigade.
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