{"id":1346247,"date":"2022-02-26T22:22:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T03:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1346247"},"modified":"2022-02-26T22:23:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T03:23:05","slug":"ukraine-announces-highest-honor-to-soldier-who-reportedly-blew-himself-up-to-stop-russian-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-announces-highest-honor-to-soldier-who-reportedly-blew-himself-up-to-stop-russian-tanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Announces Highest Honor to Soldier Who Reportedly Blew Himself Up to Stop Russian Tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-announces-highest-honor-to-soldier-who-reportedly-blew-himself-up-to-stop-russian-tanks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1346247&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ukraine-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The government of Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GeneralStaff.ua\/posts\/258798803099872\">claimed<\/a> on Friday that Vitaly Skakun, a Marine battalion engineer, gave his life while destroying a bridge to prevent Russian tanks from advancing.<\/p>\n<p>Skakun blew up the bridge, located in Henichesk, to halt the approaching tank column, the Ukrainian government news site, Ukrinform, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3412500-ukrainian-serviceman-skakun-blows-up-henichesk-bridge-to-stop-advance-of-tank-column.html\">claimed<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the incident on its social media profile alongside a photo of the marine:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GeneralStaff.ua\/posts\/258798803099872\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100069092624537\/posts\/258798803099872\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>\u0413\u0415\u0420\u041e\u0407 \u0421\u0423\u0427\u0410\u0421\u041d\u041e\u0421\u0422\u0406. \u041f\u0406\u0414\u0406\u0420\u0412\u0410\u0412 \u041c\u0406\u0421\u0422 \u0420\u0410\u0417\u041e\u041c \u0417 \u0421\u041e\u0411\u041e\u042e#stoprussia\u0423 \u0446\u0435\u0439 \u0432\u0430\u0436\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043d\u0430\u0448\u043e\u0457 \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438, \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434 \u0434\u0430\u0454\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GeneralStaff.ua\">\u0413\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0448\u0442\u0430\u0431 \u0417\u0421\u0423 \/ General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100069092624537\/posts\/258798803099872\/\">Friday, February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOn this difficult day for our country, when the Ukrainian people are repelling the Russian occupiers in all directions, one of the most difficult places on the map of Ukraine was the Isthmus of Perekop, where a separate marines battalion was one of the first to meet the enemy,\u201d the translated post read.<\/p>\n<p>It was determined the bridge needed to be destroyed to keep the tanks from moving forward, and the general staff reported Skakun said he wanted to be the person to do it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>But his fellow servicemembers said when he contacted them to report he was about to blow up the bridge, the explosion went off in the background.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur comrade died. His heroic deed significantly slowed the enemy\u2019s advance, which allowed the unit to redeploy and organize the defense,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Defense Minister\u00a0Oleksii Reznikov <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/25\/ukraine-says-it-has-handed-out-18000-weapons-to-citizens\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0recently that officials gave 18,000 submachine guns and ammunition to civilians and militia after Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>President Volodymyr Zelensky has since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1496785547594924032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1496785547594924032%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2022%2F02%2F25%2Fukraine-says-it-has-handed-out-18000-weapons-to-citizens%2F\">stated<\/a> the government would offer anyone who wanted to help fight the Russians a weapon, and urged them to be ready to stand up for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We will give weapons to anyone who wants to defend the country. Be ready to support Ukraine in the squares of our cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1496785547594924032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The general staff\u2019s post added, \u201cThe Marine Corps Command will be concerned before the higher command about the awarding of the Skakun sailor Vitaliy Volodymyrovich state award.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agency then issued a warning to its enemies, writing, \u201cRussian invaders, know, under your feet the earth will burn! We will fight as long as we live! And as long as we are alive we will fight!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Independent news outlets had not verified the government\u2019s claims at press time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government of Ukraine claimed on Friday that Vitaly Skakun, a Marine battalion engineer, gave his life while destroying a bridge to prevent Russian tanks from advancing. 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