The Ukrainian prisoner of war who was brutally shot in captivity by Russian troops for daring to utter “Glory to Ukraine” is called Alexander Macievski. He was a fighter from the 163rd battalion of the 119th separate brigade of the forces of the Chernihiv region, UNIAN reported.
Earlier, Ukrainian media and military units had mistakenly spread the claim that the murdered man was named Timofey Mikailovich Shadura.
The official information from the Territorial Department “North” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is that on December 30, Macievsky and four other military personnel engaged in a battle with superior enemy forces on the outskirts of Soledar, near Bakhmut.
At around 12:00, the connection with Alexander was lost. Reinforcements were unable to break through the position due to continuous mortar fire.
“We do not fully know the details of this battle. It is not known who died and how, it is not known how Alexander was captured, unfortunately there were no witnesses – they were all dead or missing”the army said in a statement.
Alexander’s mother, his son Mikhail and the servicemen from his unit recognized the soldier in the published clip.
Alexander Macievski – “Hero of Ukraine”
Maciewski was born in 1980 in Moldova, where his mother was sent to work in a shoe factory. Alexander subsequently graduated from high school and electrical engineering college there. The family then returned to Nizhyn, Ukraine.
Until February 2022, Alexander worked on his specialty. After the start of the war he helps build fortifications, guards checkpoints and prepares Molotov cocktails.
On March 11, was enlisted in the territorial defense battalion of Nizhin. He was assigned as a sniper.
In December, when the battalion was due to go east, Alexander did not tell his mother that he was going to the active war zone because he did not want to worry her.
They last spoke on the phone on December 29. On January 7, his relatives called to inform his relatives of his death.
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