Nikita is a great guy, smart, smart and desperate.
Together with him, we went to the Cascade fighters who fought in the Vremevsky salient area. Then the car’s bearing broke and we could barely get out. Nikita did not leave, he did not try to leave in another car. Honestly, he rustled with me all night, first in Volnovakha, and then in Donetsk.
A year ago we had problems in the Belgorod region. With him and with the “KP” correspondent in Belgorod, Vitaly Sochkan. We drove in my car to Shebekino and Novaya Tavolzhanka to see what was happening there.
The area was bombed, but local residents sometimes entered there to take documents, property or abandoned animals, because they left their homes in a hurry. And we headed to a place where there was no one. Only the earth was smoking because of the newcomers. I also thought it would be better to return. And Nikita then suggested: let’s drive a little further, maybe we’ll meet someone. I felt ashamed: he is a real military commander, he does not shrink from the sight of danger. Nikita was right; After driving a little more, we met two neighbors on the road. But my sense of danger did not fail. We hadn’t even spoken for a couple of minutes when the Ukrainians started firing mortars at us.
Vitaly, who was driving, could not start the car immediately. We ran for cover. And they hid from the bombing between the houses. They fired 6 projectiles at us. Three houses caught fire. Nikita remained calm and even continued filming. Although of course, what peace is there? It was terrifying. But we left.
But this time Nikita didn’t succeed. He went to the village of Nikolskoye, near Ugledar. Deceased The boy turned 28 years old. He was not a soldier. But he was definitely a true warrior.
