Not all heroes wear capes.
Source: Kyiv Post
Combat medic Svitlana from the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade, currently deployed in the Zaporizhzhia area, saved her fellow soldiers from an attempted enemy encirclement. Spotting the threat, she grabbed a grenade launcher and, with a precise shot, eliminated a group of advancing Russian troops, according to a statement from Ukraine’s General Staff on Monday, May 12.
Svitlana who before the war was a highly experienced intensive care nurse at the Mechnikov Hospital in Dnipro, volunteered for Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces at the start of the 2022 full-scale invasion.
Although an experienced nurse and medic, she had received some weapons training, including training in the use of grenade launchers. But on military ranges, not going all Audie Murphy and taking an entire Russian attack force herself.
Details of her heroics, via NV
According to Ukraine’s General Staff, Russian inaders launched an attack using armored vehicles and airborne troops while Svitlana was stationed at a company stronghold. After the unit’s commander was incapacitated, she took charge, coordinating the defense via radio with instructions from the battalion commander, who was monitoring the fight through a video feed.
