“Lucky to have survived”: Father of rescuer wounded in Komyshuvakha shares update on son’s condition

Rodion and his brother Denys have been serving in the State Emergency Service for several years. Yesterday, both were on duty. When the enemy struck the center of Komyshuvakha with guided bombs, rescue workers—including Rodion—rushed to the scene. “I knew he was on duty; I knew they had gone out on a call because he texted me, but then I noticed he wasn’t reading my messages. Later, they told me there had been a call, that they had gone to put out a fire, and that there was a second outbreak,” recalls Eduard, the rescuer’s father, speaking about yesterday. The man says he learned what had happened from his second son. He adds that many of his acquaintances died there yesterday and thanks God that his son survived.