"Alive is good enough. In the evening, 15 "Grads" struck." Hero of Ukraine from the 93rd brigade - Hromadske

"For me, the Heroes of Ukraine have always been scientists, cosmonauts, great athletes, historians or designers. And here I am – a schlep from the Dnipro, thank you very much," says Illia with the call sign "Boston", to whom the president presented the star of the Hero of Ukraine in Bakhmut in 2022.

Before the war, Illia worked as a bank manager, and with the beginning of the war in eastern Ukraine, he went to fight. Currently, "Boston" serves as an anti-tanker in the 93rd "Kholodny Yar" brigade, which defends the Bakhmut direction.