Soldier Ihor, call sign SVYRLA

I joined the Right Sector in 2019 and have spent the majority of my life in Donbas since then.

 
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, in order to continue the fight against the enemy professionally, I got mobilised and joined the Special Operations Forces, then transferred to the indomitable 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade. The Right Sector Ukrainian Volunteer Corps. I was a platoon commander.

 

On 3rd June, 2023, while performing a combat mission in the Kreminna Forest in Donbas, I was seriously wounded... Around one o'clock in the morning, a russian drone spotted our group and I was hit. I received a shrapnel blind wound to my left forearm, shoulder (the shoulder joint was crushed), an explosive injury, an acubarotrauma and other injuries.

I am grateful to my comrade (unfortunately, he is no longer with us), call sign Koliambus, who administered first aid and saved my life.
 
I held on until the end, through the pain I continued to give orders and instruct my subordinates. My comrades-in-arms who were next to me said: "Commander, just don't die!"
 
Then evacuation followed, loss of consciousness and hospital... Numerous complicated surgeries. A long struggle for my arm. Thanks to experienced doctors, we managed to avoid amputation! But now I badly need surgery to install an implant of the shoulder joint and bone. There is no other solution.

 
I am confident that after recovery I will return to service, continue to defend Ukraine and will not allow my children to be made slaves.

 

COLLECTED AND TRANSFERRED: UAH 65,450

 

All will be well now, get well!