"Fervor is not the same as at 19, but I know why I am here." Azov fighter Yar on 10 years of war - hromadske

"I knew that we should be on Maidan right now. The level of self-organization was very high. I saw this for the first time in my life, I felt as if I was somewhere in Zaporizhzhia Sich, and I was surrounded by like-minded people," recalls Yar, an Azov fighter.

Yar is 28. He is a short blond guy with a beard and green eyes and a large trident tattoo on his neck. He was 17 when he and his friends came from Lviv to the Revolution of Dignity. At the age of 19, Yar joined the "Azov" regiment, where he served until 2020. During those 5 years of service, the boy was in Pavlopol, Mariinka, and Shyrokyne. The last trip in 2019 to the Svitlodarsk arc was the most difficult for him. He spent 9 months there. During that trip, Yar lost his brother in arms.

In 2020, Yar returned to civilian life, but two years later he had to return to service – Russia launched a large-scale invasion.

For the path of an Azov fighter through 10 years of war – watch in the hromadske video.