00:00We chose fire positions. I was the senior in the mortar battalion, so I chose fire positions with the guys to cover the infantry, and that's how it happened in the war.
00:12Well, at first, the first couple of seconds were everything, the war was over, but I was aware, I understood everything that was happening, I knew that life did not end there.
00:25I really wanted to help the guys and be useful to the army, but then, during the rehabilitation, it began to grow into a sport.
00:36I found out about Invictus, took part in the Ukrainian selection, got into the Ukrainian national team, went to Invictus Germany, to Germany.
00:49There I took the prize places and, as if with my own example, now I promote such an adaptive veteran sport.
00:58Well, I have a daughter, who is probably one of my biggest motivators, and when I was still without a prosthesis, she came to me in the hospital.
01:09When I went out on the streets, she ran a little ahead, was still small, and clung and fell.
01:15I was so sorry for her that I could not help her at that moment, so it was a motivation for me to stand on my feet.
01:24I think I fully fulfill my parental duties and will do everything for her happy childhood.
01:32I am not ashamed to tell my child what I do after a full-scale tour.
01:39I do not regret it at all. I know where I was, what I did, what could have happened to me, both worse and more.
01:51After all, a light injury is what makes a real man beautiful.
