My name is Daria , I was born in Russia.In 2000, we moved with the whole family to Ukraine. When I returned to Russia, I also joined the nationalist protest movement. I was a member of DPNI (Movement Against Illegal Immigration) and participated in the organization of the first Russian marches. I am Russian and have always called myself that.
In 2012 I had to return to Kyiv. Of course, I supported the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine. In February 2014, I was a participant in the events on Hrushevsky Street. The fight against the pro-Russian regime has become the meaning of life for me.
Back in mid-February, it was clear that war with Russia was inevitable. On the evening of February 23, I saw off my future husband with a friend to the DUK PS (Volunteer Ukrainian Corps "Right Sector") in the ATO zone, and on the morning of the 24th, the first rockets flew to Kiev. The division of "Da Vinci Wolves" (Daria's husband turned out to be in it. -
Ed. ) was taken to the Dnieper for reformulation. And a week later, despite my husband's reluctance to drag me into the war, I was enrolled in the medical service of the Right Sector. Since then, my husband and I have been fighting together.
When an offer was received to go to the
Azov regiment , my husband and I decided to transfer. Since “Shamil” (husband’s call sign. -
Ed. ) still has Russian citizenship, this was a chance for official registration [in the army]. There we met with the guys from the future "Russian Volunteer Corps". I knew Denis White Rex back in Moscow: given the similarity of our views with him, it was decided to transfer to the RDK. The opportunity to unite Russian guys who want to fight against the Russian authorities with weapons in their hands was very well received by us.
I have no right to expand on the operations carried out by the RDK. But many aspects of the activities of the RDC were widely covered by the media. For example, a raid in the Bryansk region [at the beginning of March 2023], in which I took part.
In both campaigns "for the tape" my tasks were slightly different. The first time [during a sortie to the village of Sushany in the Bryansk region] I acted as a combat medic - I went with a group and until the moment the wounded appeared, I was considered the same combat unit.
On the second operation [with the entry into the outpost of the Russian border troops from the territory of the Chernihiv region] I already worked on a medevac (medical evacuation. -
Ed. ) with other doctors. We stood at the closest points to the "tape": if there was a wound, we would provide assistance and evacuate to the nearest hospital. Medics are always the last to leave - only after the last fighter is removed from the task. Luckily, there were no casualties in both operations. This, in general, is my work.
As for the "Legion " Freedom of Russia "", I'm not sure that they really exist as a combat unit. For more than a year of the war, we have never crossed paths with them. They ignore all offers to work together. Yes, and the very personality of Ilya Ponomarev causes concern. Draw your own conclusions.
The "Russian Volunteer Corps" has an official status in Ukraine and is part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Many fighters in the RDC are citizens of the aggressor country, and the legal status of the unit in which they fight, first of all, gives them security guarantees. Among other things, the RDK receives weapons, supplies and material support, like all other formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard and the Terodefense are our “allies”: to establish interaction with them is a matter of combat effectiveness on the entire sector of the front. Often this relationship is like with close relatives. It is not for nothing that in Ukraine there is such a thing as “twinning”. There are also many ethnic Russians with Ukrainian citizenship among these guys
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