Volunteer heroes next to us

18 March in the Military History Museum - a branch of the Chernihiv Historical Museum named after VV Tarnovsky to the Day of the Ukrainian volunteer was a museum meeting "Heroes-volunteers next to us".

During the Revolution of Dignity 2013-2014 years, Ukrainians opposed President Yanukovych's oligarchic regime. People responded to the attempt to violently disperse the demonstrators with security forces by creating Self-Defense. It was divided into hundreds of motivated, organized, courageous fighters. Пізніше, many of them will fight in volunteer battalions during the Russian-Ukrainian war. At that time, the Ukrainian army was completely disbanded, as material, and morally.

In February-April, Russia's military aggression against Ukraine began, the purpose of which was to create on the territory of Kharkiv, Donetsk, Луганської, Mykolayivska, Odessa regions of Ukraine "separatist" republics.

These events revived the volunteer movement in the country. Chernihiv and Chernihiv region organized four divisions, which can be attributed to volunteers, it is an OUN volunteer battalion, Chernihiv Company – підрозділ патрульної поліції особливого призначення, 13-and the 41st Territorial Defense Battalions. Moreover, our compatriots were part of such volunteer units, as "Aidar", DUK "Right Sector", Azov Battalion, Shakhtar.

About his way in the ranks of volunteers to students of Chernihiv Lyceum № 16 told Alexey Krivopysha (Shakhtarsk Battalion), Володимир Мироненко та Дмитро Лях (Chernihiv Battalion). They shared their memories of the motives with the students, which were guided by going to war, про те, that told relatives and friends, what was the provision of uniforms, weapons and equipment. Volunteers told about the emotional state, impressions during the first battles in which they took part, defending Ukraine in Stanytsia Luhanska. The boys were able to prove it to the students with a sincere and heartfelt conversation, що йшли до війська за покликом серця.