Valerij Zalushnyi wrote today on his Telegram channel these touching words:

It's a shame that I won't be able to hug you tightly today.
Because the trumpet has already played its sad note, and salutes,
abandoning their bayonets for a moment, they gave farewell sounds.
And you left... Our souls sank, hope and spark left our eyes.
And the flame in the loophole went out, and faith also went with it.
Someone picked up the pole of the flag that had already touched the ground,
someone else shouted: let's go together, we can do it, we are not alone...
But the salute has already died down, the tears have dried up, the battle wounds have been forgotten.
Even in those loopholes, there are other flags and scary looks of strangers.
And the spirit, which tore the body to fight, is more and more drawn to grief...
But you were. Your path came to us from God in our souls.
We are all different, because we are burning with your warmth, your soul.
You will continue to live with us, and we are with you in the soul.
May your warmth not die out, in all those who want to fight.

Happy birthday, Dmytro.

It's about Dmytro Kotsiubailo, who would have celebrated his birthday today. May his soul rest in peace! 🫡🕊

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