Ukrainian Nurse Frees Her Trapped Unit By Killing Russians With Grenade Launcher

She is a nurse serving with a unit in Donetsk. When they were surrounded and without a commander, she took charge, picked up a portable grenade launcher, slipped around one of the Russian positions and fired into the window, killing all the Russians. 

Which illustrates why the Kremlin is failing to achieve its goals in this war. JL

Iryna Balachuk reports in Ukraine Pravda:

Nurse Svitlana killed Russian soldiers with a grenade launcher and saved her unit from encirclement among the ruins of Staromaiorske in Donetsk. An attack by Russian armored vehicles and paratroopers began at the moment the unit was without a commander, so she took command. When it became clear the unit's positions were surrounded, as a group of Russians took fire control of the escape routes and ammunition supply lines, Svitlana took up a disposable grenade launcher. "They had come too close - only two houses away. I walked around them and fired a shot through the window of the house (and they were all killed)." Svitlana's son was killed in action near Bakhmut.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has told the story of nurse Svitlana, who killed a group of Russian soldiers with a grenade launcher and thus saved her unit from encirclement.

Details: Svitlana was at a company stronghold located among the ruins of Staromaiorske in Donetsk Oblast when a fierce attack by the Russian forces with armoured vehicles and paratroopers began.

It is recounted that at that moment the unit was left without a commander, so the woman took command. She received instructions from the battalion commander, who was watching the battlefield via video feed, and corrected the actions of all the soldiers at their positions.

"At first, Svitlana fired back alongside her brothers-in-arms. When it became clear that the unit's positions were surrounded, as a group of occupiers entered one of the houses from the rear and took fire control of the escape routes and ammunition supply lines, Svitlana took up a disposable grenade launcher," the statement said.

Quote from Svitlana: "I asked the guys to hold on and not to leave their positions under any circumstances, because then we would definitely not be able to resist. And then I took a disposable grenade launcher and went to meet the Russian paratroopers. They had come too close - they were only two houses away. I walked around them, stood up and fired a shot through the window of the house. The whole group of occupiers remained there."

 

The General Staff noted that, like all the soldiers of the 230th Separate Battalion of the 128th Dyke Pole Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Svitlana had fired many times at the training grounds with all types of weapons, including various grenade launchers.  

Svitlana's son, also a volunteer, was killed in action near Bakhmut.

Currently, she is with her battalion, which is defending the Zaporizhzhia front.