As a veteran of the ATO on a prosthesis collected 7 million on the Armed Forces - the incredible story of Alexander Shvetsov
It is about ATO veteran from Zhytomyr Alexander Shvetsov. The man was seriously injured in the east of the country and lost his leg, but decided to help the Armed Forces, going on a trip to Ukraine. This story is about extraordinary ingenuity, faith in victory and Ukrainian in nature. Oleksandr Shvetsov got to the front during the anti -terrorist operation in 2014. You can say, by accident. "I wanted to sell an apartment and make an annex near my mother's private house," Alexander explains.
I have a specialty as I have, and I am the commander of the department's intelligence, now I needed in the east of the country. And I did not refuse, being part of the 30th separate mechanized brigade. " And then there were heavy fights in the Donbass, wounds, evacuation and amputation. However, to say that Alexander did not break after the injury, it is nothing to say.
The man began to actively assist the same as he wounded his brothers, and implemented a project that made sure that defenders who were never abroad were able to see Paris, Vienna, Rome, Brussels, Vatican. But the Great War began, and Alexander concentrated on the assistance of the Armed Forces. "I was approached by brothers and asked for another car on the front. I made a post that I collect money for a minibus that is needed in the Belarusian direction.
This post was collected 15 thousand hryvnias on the first day, the second day even less. He repeated this post, but in this way almost could not be collected - and then I thought that there may be something else to come up with people to make people, and also to close other directions, because the guys from Donetsk and Kherson were also asked for me. on the pickup. The scheme, which the veteran says, was as follows: Alexander decided to travel on foot from Odessa to Yaremche, in Ivano-Frankivsk.
But he suggested that the Ukrainians cut his route: for every delayed hryvnia the man's path had to be reduced by one step. "I calculated that I need about 800 thousand hryvnias for the car. Then I decided to find a place from Odessa to the Carpathians, which would be about 800 thousand meters in a distance, and it was Yaremche," - says the veteran. Alexander confesses that in the beginning, even his relatives and relatives did not believe in such a late, but persuaded not to do so.
"The hardest thing to start. Before going on a journey, I told about it my loved ones, but I was told to give me the idea. Still, the man insisted on his own and went on a trip. The logistics that Alexander invented is a separate interesting story. "I came to Langeron's car, went out and walked there. I finished the distance for the day, recorded it, making a selfie near some billboard or road plate, which was written, for example, how many kilometers were left in Kiev.
Under the post and catching the false. I return to my car, I drive him to the place where I finished going, I spend the night in the car, I wake up in the morning, again fix the place from which I start to go, and so in a circle daily, " - recalls the veteran. Watching a man on a prosthesis that goes with the Ukrainian flag on the side of the road, drivers were constantly stopping, offering to help and bring up. "It was constantly.
People on the road stopped constantly, the trucks were signaling, the windows of cars were opened and people shouted:" Glory to Ukraine! " Stops on the road and waits for me to take it. I wave my hand to go on, and the driver thinks that I wave it to stop it. Only one car leaves like a next wagon or car immediately, and so in a circle. I I even got a good idea to explain where and why I went. But when people learned, they started to get it, "the man explains.
However, despite such a patriotic uplift, the success of the project was threatened. First, because of physical difficulties. "I love traveling, I walk on foot and often happens that the sting of a feet. attention ", - recalls Shvetsov. Secondly, although thousands of Ukrainians were up to Alexander, there was not enough money. "From the first to the third day, I was brought normally. On the fourth, fifth day it was less, and on the seventh day I had 550 thousand hryvnias.
I realized that the period of Hipaus was probably passed. I was afraid not to collect the full amount, And it was important for me to deliver the cars to the boys as soon as possible, "the man says. However, on the ninth day of the trip there was a turning point. Almost a miracle. The man even connects him with a meeting with a priest who blessed the veteran. The fact is that every day of his campaign, Alexander film on the camera, and then mounted small rollers, and fasted them on social networks.
"On the 9th day of the trip, I laid out on the social network a video from the 8th day of the campaign, and then in an hour, not even having time to brush my teeth in the morning, I realized that I could not go anymore. And in two hours it was hundreds of thousands of hryvnia And in five hours there was a million. People started to get so much that all needs were closed. The next morning there was about 2-3 million hryvnias on the card, "the veteran recalls.
In total, Alexander Shvetsov passed 85 kilometers, raising more than UAH 7 million for the army. "I felt a honey from the fact that I could buy guys not two pickups and a minibus, but many more cars, and in general I will be able to do many useful things for the Armed Forces. In addition, I felt inner pleasure, drive that I am myself and my loved ones I was able to prove that I could actually do it.
I was counting on, of course, people would help me and reach me, but I didn't think that everything would happen so quickly, "the man shares. During his trip, the veteran met hundreds of Ukrainians. According to the man, our people have one most valuable feature. Ukrainian Treasure. "It is faith. It is adamant in us. Whatever the power we have, we are still Ukrainians, and at the most difficult moments we are gathering with all our forces, and we will bite that victory, I am sure of it.