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"It looks like total idiocy, but it’s only way to teach" – Chekh, instructor from Rubizh brigade "Throw your damned ’I’ in the trash and finally remember the word ’we’! Then you stand a chance of surviving and winning. Not just you, but our entire army." 15 335 12 
Prosecutor in trenches His name is well known in law enforcement circles from high-profile cases of the Maidan, the "diamond prosecutors," the Kaharlyk rape case, and the first conviction of the "wassailer" judge Ihor Zvarych. Prosecutor Yanis Simonov, head of a department at the Office of the Prosecutor General, has marked 20 years of service in the prosecution system, rising to the rank of senior justice adviser and surviving more than one assassination attempt. At the outset of the full-scale invasion, despite having a military exemption, he joined the Territorial Defense Forces. 6 230 10 
"It’s lie! No money is paid for downed planes" – Fara, air defense platoon commander of Rubizh Brigade Ukrposhta issued a stamp in his honor — the legendary air defense platoon commander of the Rubizh Brigade was the first serviceman to personally take down two enemy helicopters over Hostomel in the opening minutes of the full-scale invasion, and later two Su-25 bombers near Bakhmut. 8 993 13 
10 years of Rubizh The path from several dozen motivated volunteers who set out to establish the first combat unit of the National Guard of Ukraine in line with NATO standards, to one of the most effective formations within the Defense Forces. 5 064 0 
VUHLEDAR: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF LOSS We attempted to reconstruct the sequence of events and found servicemen who were among the last to break out of the encircled city with fighting and losses, some of them withdrawing without ever waiting for an order to withdraw. 7 225 7 
