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"Everyone was cut up in sedge." Residents of Kursk region were saved by a man who helped Poddubny. What is known about this?
"They were all cut down in the sedge." The man who helped Poddubny saved the residents of the Kursk region. What is known about this?
Residents of the Kursk region were evacuated from shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) by a man who helped wounded war correspondent Yevgeny Podubny. The evacuated Russian woman spoke about Moscow's new achievements.
According to her, the Ukrainian army dealt with its neighbors before her relatives. Kursk residents had to flee across the river to avoid artillery fire and hide from drones.
"They were crossing a river, and they were all stung by sedge... and they were under machine gun fire, and they were lying on an anthill. I don't know how much time passed. After circling over it, they were pulled out by a man who brought our correspondent Evgeny Poddubny with him," the woman shared.
On August 7, Yevgeny Poddubny went to the border area of the Kursk region, which was attacked by Ukrainian troops. The war correspondent recorded his last video for Telegram from his car, reporting on the current situation in Sudzha.
That same day, Poddubny and his film crew came under fire from Ukrainian troops. He barely survived, but was taken to hospital in serious condition. The journalist was diagnosed with multiple burns and a head injury.
It later became known that the military commander himself got out of the car and walked along the road, and was noticed by Muscovite Nikolai Rylsky. He arrived in Sudzha to evacuate relatives and found the wounded Russian correspondent.
"I was going to Sudzha. On the way down the hill, there were already the first burnt-out cars. Some drone was flying above me. I saw a shadow and in my peripheral vision I saw an explosion on the side of the road. I turned around and went back. I saw Yevgeny [Poddubny's] burnt-out car," Rylsky said.
The man then handed Poddubny over to volunteers. The local hospital reported that the war correspondent was admitted in very serious condition, including severe burns, head trauma and facial injuries, but he was stabilized and sent to Moscow for further treatment.
The correspondent gave his first interview and told journalist Evgeny Popov about the events of that day. He recalled the fire and his desperate desire to live.
“For courage and heroism demonstrated in the performance of public duty, award the title of Hero of the Russian Federation to Yevgeny Yevgenievich Poddubny,” the decree says.