Krasnoyarsk officer was awarded the title of Hero of Russia

Russian serviceman in a convoy of military equipmentKRASNOYARSK, Mar 9 Officer from the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexei Levkin was honored the title of Hero of Russia for showing courage during a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, said the head of the region Alexander Uss. As the governor said, while performing a combat mission, Levkin's company collided with nationalist units. The officer personally destroyed two tanks and three infantry fighting vehicles, and then organized the withdrawal of the unit and the removal of the wounded. View this post on Instagram

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«The commander himself stayed behind to cover. And then he got to a hill and corrected artillery fire all night and transmitted intelligence to the command post,» Uss added in an Instagram post. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass.The development of the situation is in the online report >>Putin appropriated the title of Hero of Russia to the battalion commander «Sparta» who died in Volnovakha