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Hero Ukrainian marine who blew himself up to hold off Russian troops receives honours

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Ukrainian marine who blew himself up to hold off Russian troops that were advancing along a bridge in Crimea on Thursday (February 24) will be honoured for his sacrifice.Vitaly Shakun was manning the Henichesk bridge in Kherson, Ukraine when enemy troops advanced and his battalion was left with no option but to blow up the bridge.

Shakun texted them and told them he was going to be the one to detonate the explosion despite there being no time for him to escape.

Seconds after his message was received, they heard the explosion, according to a post on the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine's Facebook page.His heroic sacrifice slowed down the Russian advance and allowed his comrades to regroup and re-deploy.It has since been reported that the engineer will be honoured with posthumous awards for his bravery, according to a post from his comrades.A translation of the post said: "On 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 Crimean Isthmus, where a separate battalion of marines met one of the first enemies. "To stop the advance of the tank column, it was decided to blow up the Genichesky road bridge. "Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Skakun, an engineer of a separate battalion, volunteered to perform this task.

The bridge was mined, but he did not have time to leave."According to the brothers, Vitaliy got in touch and said that he was blowing up the bridge.

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