Soldier who held position alone for 491 days nominated for Hero of Ukraine title

The motion was supported by 250 lawmakers, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Olena Kondratiuk said that a parliamentary appeal would be sent to the President of Ukraine requesting that Kostiantyn Vlasenko, a serviceman of the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Kostiantyn Ostrozkyi, be awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine. One of the initiators of the appeal, MP Iryna Konstankevych, said on Facebook that the volunteer had spent 491 days at the combat position. According to her, Vlasenko lost one foot as a result of severe leg injuries and was forced to amputate the other himself in order to survive. “For almost a year and a half, his home and shelter was a concrete drainage pipe.