The deputy's son told what made him come from abroad and go to the front.
Vladislav Ovcharenko, the son of a local council deputy, returned from abroad to join the fight for Ukraine during the war. He is now the commander of the unmanned aerial systems unit of the "Signum" subdivision of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodny Yar". In an interview for Online.UA, Vladislav Ovcharenko explained why he decided to join the fighting.
I studied at the Hetman Sahaidachny Military Academy of Ground Forces in Lviv. But when I saw what was happening in the army and the country in general at that time, I left in my third year and went abroad. It turns out, I was left with a sort of residue - they invested so much knowledge, opportunities, everything in you to go kill a Russian, and you didn't do it. So when my father called and said that the war had begun, I immediately packed my bags, and the next day I was on my way from Tallinn to Ukraine,says Vladislav Ovcharenko.
According to Ovcharenko, during the first seven months of the war, he participated in the fighting as a volunteer without receiving a salary. He used money earned abroad to buy equipment, and volunteers provided for their unit's needs.
According to the military, they had enough of everything because they had the idea of defending Ukraine.
Let us remind you that Russians are becoming increasingly nervous about the war with Ukraine.
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