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The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, signed decrees on awarding with o...

The President awarded the Order of Courage to soldier Vladyslav Rozhkovsky and military commander Maryan Kushnir for rescuing people after Russian shelling

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, signed decrees on awarding with orders "For Courage" Sergeant of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodny Yar" Vladyslav Rozhkovskyi (Omar), who saved people after the Russian terrorist attack on a passenger train in the Kharkiv region, and Radio Svoboda military correspondent Maryan Kushnir, who carried a child out of a burning apartment after the Russian attack on Kyiv region.

Vladyslav Rozhkovskyi was one of the passengers of the train that Russia attacked with attack drones on January 27 of this year. Together with the train crew, he was one of the first to help the victims evacuate from the damaged and engulfed in fire cars and to provide first aid to everyone who needed it. In particular, the soldier helped a woman with a baby to get out of the carriage, and also took her belongings and belongings of other passengers.

There were more than 200 people in the train, and 18 passengers in the carriage that was hit by one of the Russian drones. As a result of this terrorist attack, five people were killed, two more were injured, and one person is considered missing. Vladyslav Rozhkovskyi has been in the army since May 2022, a participant in operations to deter the enemy in Kharkiv Oblast and Donetsk Oblast. The commander of the calculation of FPV drones on fiber optics.

Under his leadership, a large amount of military equipment of the enemy and the occupiers was destroyed in the districts of Kurdyumivka, Klishchiivka, Poltavka, Andriivka, and Rusyny Yar. On the night of January 28, Russia carried out a drone attack on a residential building in Belogorodka, Kyiv region. Unfortunately, the woman and the man died. But Maryan Kushnir was able to save a four-year-old child from the apartment engulfed in fire.