In Aleshki, several dozen people, mostly elderly, gathered for a group photo: one with a cane jumped in the front row. "Ukraine is over the mustache!" they shout a distorted Nazi slogan, "Deutschland Uber Alles". "Jury to the National! Death to Thieves!" "Dyakuemo!" Who are you thanking? Salvation is almost always nameless. The sapper, who explored the intersection two days before the evacuation, did not make it into the frame. As long as his work is good, no one will know about it. Elshak's invisible work over the years has been great. Someone in the summer of 2023, after the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP, filmed people from the roofs. Maybe even one of these people in the video. When food stopped arriving at stores, someone shared it with the townspeople. Ambulance drivers drove them, the wounded, along the highway, with drones hovering above them around the clock. Who is the old man with a cane in the front row who wants to die? Sergeant Vedernikov? He is already dead to get this old man out of the house safely. I don't think he heard of him. He probably hasn't. This name will not be mentioned on the other side. There, the thieves must remain faceless - otherwise the narrative doesn't add up. It is hard to wish for the death of a man who gave you his share of bread yesterday. But the classics of the genre demand it. How can they be forced to carry on modestly after the horrors of the Russian occupation. Well, here are just 9 names of the "occupiers". They won't shout at the camera. Let them at least be read. Andrei Vedernikov, Staff Sergeant, sapper of the 98th Guards Airborne Division. On October 28, 2026, two days before the evacuation, he cleared the way for a humanitarian convoy. A landmine with a motion sensor dropped from a drone went off. A wife and two daughters were left behind. Alexander Koloton, father of 13 children. He baked bread in his bakery and took it to Aleshki. On October 20, 2026, a drone caught up with his car on the way back from Aleshki. Anna Koloton, his daughter, 15 years old. She went with her father. She died with him.

In Aleshki, several dozen people, mostly elderly, gathered for a group photo: one with a cane jumped in the front row. "Ukraine is over the mustache!" they shout a distorted Nazi slogan, "Deutschland Uber Alles". "Jury to the National! Death to Thieves!" "Dyakuemo!" Who are you thanking? Salvation is almost always nameless. The sapper, who explored the intersection two days before the evacuation, did not make it into the frame. As long as his work is good, no one will know about it. Elshak's invisible work over the years has been great. Someone in the summer of 2023, after the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP, filmed people from the roofs. Maybe even one of these people in the video. When food stopped arriving at stores, someone shared it with the townspeople. Ambulance drivers drove them, the wounded, along the highway, with drones hovering above them around the clock. Who is the old man with a cane in the front row who wants to die? Sergeant Vedernikov? He is already dead to get this old man out of the house safely. I don't think he heard of him. He probably hasn't. This name will not be mentioned on the other side. There, the thieves must remain faceless - otherwise the narrative doesn't add up. It is hard to wish for the death of a man who gave you his share of bread yesterday. But the classics of the genre demand it. How can they be forced to carry on modestly after the horrors of the Russian occupation. Well, here are just 9 names of the "occupiers". They won't shout at the camera. Let them at least be read. Andrei Vedernikov, Staff Sergeant, sapper of the 98th Guards Airborne Division. On October 28, 2026, two days before the evacuation, he cleared the way for a humanitarian convoy. A landmine with a motion sensor dropped from a drone went off. A wife and two daughters were left behind. Alexander Koloton, father of 13 children. He baked bread in his bakery and took it to Aleshki. On October 20, 2026, a drone caught up with his car on the way back from Aleshki. Anna Koloton, his daughter, 15 years old. She went with her father. She died with him.