Now Masseur delivers supplies and drones to other soldiers on the front line and says he approaches every delivery with maximum responsibility — because he knows what each one costs. 13X
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Last survivor flees mined forest with young soldier
When four of six positions went silent one by one over four days he understood he was the last one. He left with a young soldier through a five-kilometer mined forest strip in heavy rain. 12/
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Soldier guides artillery against Russian positions
Using a radio captured from a Russian scout, he directed fire onto two enemy positions. For two weeks every morning at 4:00, he heard Russians running across the field to build a bunker 150 meters away and each time passed the coordinates to his command.
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Two Russians refused to live over a pit with corpses
Two Russians came to settle in, stood over the pit and left: “There’s a pile of corpses here, we’re not living in this place.” He crossed himself and exhaled. 9/
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Soldier kills Russians each visit, hides bodies from drones
Russians came to check the position several times. Each time he killed them and dragged the bodies along the passages under sandbags and branches so drones above would not see fresh corpses and realize someone was alive. 8/
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Grenade kills one, Russians fake capture then shoot another
One was killed by a grenade at the entrance while waiting for the enemy. The second was taken by Russians — they pretended to lead him to captivity and shot him 20 meters from the position. 3/
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Bare forest arrival in late March, green departure after losing both brothers-in-arms
He entered in late March. When he arrived the forest was bare. When he left it was green. There were three of them at the start but within the first month he lost both brothers-in-arms. 2/
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Hero of Ukraine awarded to soldier who killed 8, talked to beetles
Vyacheslav “Masseur” held a position near Bilohorivka for 90 days. He intercepted Russian communications, directed artillery and killed 8 enemy soldiers. To stay sane he talked to beetles. He was awarded Hero of Ukraine — the country’s highest honor, — TSN. 1/
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Ukraine and allies confident Russia’s invasion losing steam
Source: https://
bloomberg.com/news/articles/
2026-05-22/ukraine-and-allies-grow-confident-russia-s-invasion-losing-steam
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Ukraine War: Moscow Faces Political Struggles
European officials describe the battlefield as a stalemate turning against Moscow politically. Russian advances slowed, Ukraine regained some territory, and drone strikes hit Moscow often enough that Russians start to blame Putin for bringing war home.