71st SJB soldier Dmytro Maslovskyi (Cobra) was killed in Donetsk region: he engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Yakut occupier. PHOTO
A Ukrainian soldier of the 71st Separate Jaeger Brigade of the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Dmytro Maslovskyi (Cobra), was killed during a combat mission, having engaged in hand-to-hand combat with a Russian stormtrooper from Yakutia in Trudove, Donetsk region.
This was reported by the Carpathian Sich battalion and combat medic Vitsyk, Censor.NET reports.
"The name of Dmytro Maslovskyi, call sign 'Cobra', has forever gone down in the history of the struggle of the Ukrainian people. His feat is a symbol of courage, self-sacrifice and indomitable spirit," the battalion said.
According to Vitsyk, Dmytro became the Hero who challenged the enemy in open hand-to-hand combat in an 8-minute video.
"Maslovsky Dmytro Olehovych "KOBRA" is a comrade in arms who fought the enemy to the last in Trudove. He is the one in the video of the hand-to-hand fight," Vitsyk wrote.
On 8 January 2025, Vitsyk posted a photo showing shells with the inscription "For Kobra".
What is known about the fallen Hero?
The Podilskyi TCR and SS reported that Dmytro, who died on 17 November 2024 near Trudove in the Volnovakha district of Donetsk region, was 30 years old. He was from the Liubashivka community in the Odesa region.
A day of mourning was declared in the community on the day of the farewell to the fallen soldier.
Hand-to-hand combat between Hero Maslovskyi and the enemy
The video from the camera mounted on the helmet of the Ukrainian defender shows him approaching a private house with an assault rifle in his hands. Suddenly, shots were heard coming from the building. Then Dmytro throws a grenade through the window and retreats, but a Russian stormtrooper comes out of the house to meet him.
The fight escalates. A Ukrainian soldier snatches an assault rifle from the enemy and throws it to the ground. A hand-to-hand fight begins between the soldiers. In the process, the defender pulls out a knife and tries to inflict a fatal blow, but the Russian occupier intercepts the blade with his bare hand. In the fight, the enemy strikes several times and even bites the Ukrainian soldier's fingers so that he cannot resist.
At the end of the video, the Ukrainian soldier, who was seriously wounded, says his last words, thanking the enemy for the fight and asking to be allowed to die in peace. However, the occupier killed the Ukrainian defender with a shot.
