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None of us chose this horror. Putin did
This was reported by his comrade-in-arms, pilot Rostyslav Lazarenko.
"He conducted 385 combat missions - he was the best pilot and commander I have ever known. He had my back since the beginning of the full-scale war both on the ground and in the air, and trained a large number of both combat pilots," Lazarenko wrote.
According to him, few people knew the Ukrainian defender, but Lazarenko promised to tell about Vlad Rykov a little later: "Because such people need to be known and remembered - he gave his life for our lives, for our freedom and for our Ukraine!"
Oleksandr Bilokon, the world and European powerlifting champion, record holder of the Ukrainian record book, was killed in the battle with the Russian aggressors.