Photo: frame from the video «The Ice Is Melting» by the group «Mushrooms».< /span>
The head of the Komi Republic, Vladimir Uyba, reported on his page on the VKontakte network about the death during a special military operation of Private Denis Stepanov from Ukhta, who served as an assistant grenade launcher of a rifle squad.
At the same time, journalists found out that we are talking about Denis from Ukhta, who at one time became famous thanks to the video “The Ice Is Melting” by the Ukrainian group “Mushrooms”. To date, this clip has been viewed on the Internet 268 million times.
The Mushrooms group inserted an interview with Denis, which was recorded back in the 90s, at the beginning of the clip. Then Denis, as a teenager, told the correspondent his love story.
The governor’s message also talks about the death of Sergeant Ruslan Rochev from the village of Vizinga, who served as a machine gunner in a Marine Corps squad.