"Will I survive?": Police officer shielded 9-year-old boy with his own body during second attack by Russian drone in Hlukhiv. VIDEO
In Hlukhiv, in the Sumy region, a police officer shielded a 9-year-old boy with his own body during a second attack by a Russian drone, saving the child from the explosion.
According to Censor.NET, law enforcement officers arrived at the scene where an enemy drone had struck a residential building, where they found a 54-year-old woman and her grandson injured. One of the police officers applied a tourniquet to the woman, but at that moment he heard another drone approaching.
"Will I survive?": a police officer protected a child from a second blow
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at around 6.00 am, Russian occupiers launched a drone attack on the residential area of Hlukhiv. Amidst the ruins of a house, police officers Mykola Savchenko and Ihor Voloshko found a woman and her 9-year-old grandson.
The boy heard the police and called out to them for help. One of the police officers applied a tourniquet to the woman to stop the bleeding.
At that moment, a warning was received about the threat of a second attack. The police decided to take the injured to hospital in a police vehicle.
However, they were unable to get very far. According to Vygivsky, the drone began to descend when the car had travelled only a few hundred metres from the scene of the attack.
Just before the explosion, a frightened boy asked a police officer if he would survive.
"Will I survive?" – these were the words spoken by a 9-year-old boy to a police officer this morning – just moments before a second drone strike – the minister wrote.
At that moment, Mykola Savchenko shielded the child with his body and continued to comfort him. His colleague, Ihor Voloshko, was wounded.
Despite this, the police put the woman and her grandson in a car and took them to hospital. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the victims’ lives are not in danger.
The Russians are even attacking those who come to rescue people
Ivan Vygivskyi emphasised that the Russian occupiers are deliberately carrying out repeated attacks on civilians, children and people who come to their aid following shelling.
According to him, since the start of the week alone, rescue workers and police officers have carried out nearly 700 call-outs to deal with the aftermath of Russian attacks in various regions of Ukraine.
During this time, 41 people were rescued.
The minister also thanked police officers Mykola Savchenko and Ihor Voloshko for their actions during the rescue of the family.
"Thank you, Mykola and Ihor, for your clear, professional and decisive actions, which helped to save lives," wrote Vyhovskyi.
