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Russian Special Forces Soldier Calls Airstrike On Himself As He Is Surrounded By ISIS Fighters, Awarded Highest Honor Posthumously
Alexander Prokhorenko died in the airstrike, but his death has not gone unnoticed in his home country. The soldier is being awarded the highest honor in Russia, the Hero of Russia award, posthumously. The award is slated to be handed to Prokhorenko’s family by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The Russian JTAC officer that died in Syria on March 19 reportedly ordering an airstrike on himself to take as many enemy fighters with him and not be captured alive has been identified as Lieutenant Alexander Prokhorenko, 25 from the village of Gorodki in the Orenburg region of Russia.
This transcript of the radio transmissions between the Lt and his command during the build up to the ordering of the airstrike was lifted from the "semi-official Kremlin website Pravda.ru".
Prokhorenko : command I am compromised, I repeat I am compromised.
Command: Please say again and confirm.
Prokhorenko : They have spotted me, there are shooting everywhere, I am pinned, requesting immediate extraction.
Command: Extraction request acknowledged.
Prokhorenko : Please hurry I am low on ammo, they seem to [be]everywhere, I can’t hold them for too long please hurry.
Command: Confirmed, hold them off, continue returning fire, retreat to a safe position, air support is monitoring, state your coordinates
Prokhorenko : [gives coordinates which are blurred in the transcript]
Command: [command repeats coordinates which are blurred.]Confirm
Prokhorenko : Confirmed, please hurry I am low on ammo, they are surroundig me, bastards!
Command: ETA on evacuation 12 minutes, return to the green line, I repeat return to the green line.
Prokhorenko : They are close, I am surrounded, this may be the end, tell my family I love them dearly.
Command: Return to the green line, continue returning fire, help is on the way, followed by air support.
Prokhorenko : Negative, I am surrounded, they are so many of these bastards!
Command: Extract ETA 10 minutes, return to the green line.
Prokhorenko : I can’t they have surrounded me and are closing in, please hurry.
Command: return to the green line, I repeat return to the green line.
Prokhorenko : They are outside, conduct the airstrike now please hurry, this is the end, tell my family I love them and i died fighting for my motherland.
Command: Negative, return to the green line.
Prokhorenko : Unable command, I am surrounded, they are outside, I don’t want them to take me and parade me, conduct the airstrike, they will make a mockery of me and this uniform. I want to die with dignity and take all these bastards with me. please my last wish, conduct the airstrike, they will kill me either way.
Command: Please confirm your request.
Prokhorenko : They [are] outside, this is the end commander, thank you, tell my family and my country I love them. Tell them I was brave and I fought until I could no longer. Please take care of my family, avenge my death, good bye commander, tell my family I love them!
Command: [No response, orders the airstrike]
No doubt we've all seen this guy in the news, but just read this. Fair play to the guy. That takes serious courage. R.I.P Lieutenant Alexander Prokhorenko.
This transcript of the radio transmissions between the Lt and his command during the build up to the ordering of the airstrike was lifted from the "semi-official Kremlin website Pravda.ru".
Prokhorenko : command I am compromised, I repeat I am compromised.
Command: Please say again and confirm.
Prokhorenko : They have spotted me, there are shooting everywhere, I am pinned, requesting immediate extraction.
Command: Extraction request acknowledged.
Prokhorenko : Please hurry I am low on ammo, they seem to [be]everywhere, I can’t hold them for too long please hurry.
Command: Confirmed, hold them off, continue returning fire, retreat to a safe position, air support is monitoring, state your coordinates
Prokhorenko : [gives coordinates which are blurred in the transcript]
Command: [command repeats coordinates which are blurred.]Confirm
Prokhorenko : Confirmed, please hurry I am low on ammo, they are surroundig me, bastards!
Command: ETA on evacuation 12 minutes, return to the green line, I repeat return to the green line.
Prokhorenko : They are close, I am surrounded, this may be the end, tell my family I love them dearly.
Command: Return to the green line, continue returning fire, help is on the way, followed by air support.
Prokhorenko : Negative, I am surrounded, they are so many of these bastards!
Command: Extract ETA 10 minutes, return to the green line.
Prokhorenko : I can’t they have surrounded me and are closing in, please hurry.
Command: return to the green line, I repeat return to the green line.
Prokhorenko : They are outside, conduct the airstrike now please hurry, this is the end, tell my family I love them and i died fighting for my motherland.
Command: Negative, return to the green line.
Prokhorenko : Unable command, I am surrounded, they are outside, I don’t want them to take me and parade me, conduct the airstrike, they will make a mockery of me and this uniform. I want to die with dignity and take all these bastards with me. please my last wish, conduct the airstrike, they will kill me either way.
Command: Please confirm your request.
Prokhorenko : They [are] outside, this is the end commander, thank you, tell my family and my country I love them. Tell them I was brave and I fought until I could no longer. Please take care of my family, avenge my death, good bye commander, tell my family I love them!
Command: [No response, orders the airstrike]
No doubt we've all seen this guy in the news, but just read this. Fair play to the guy. That takes serious courage. R.I.P Lieutenant Alexander Prokhorenko.
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I sometimes weary of my own scepticism of possible Russian Info Ops. Assuming the account is accurate, Lt Alexander Prokhorenko deserves our greatest respect, and the acknowledgement and (in this case posthumous) reward of his country. Commiserations to his family.
Ignoring irrelevant off-topic comments about corruption, has there been any further news about this incident?
Does anyone else think that the transcript quoted by Robert and taken from Pravda is a little too Hollywood to be be true? I've never been surrounded and shot at but I'd imagine that the last thing on my mind would be a long speech extolling the virtues of the Motherland.
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It sounded quite plausible up to the bit when dishonouring his uniform became his prime concern.
More like, his own fast air dropped on him by mistake, or rather than have a Russian paraded and beheaded, the order to drop on him was given.
The repeated order by control to get back to the green line, despite having been told that was not possible also stinks of a fabricated legal defence.
The poor sod probably asked for assistance but was denied it, or it went wrong.
More like, his own fast air dropped on him by mistake, or rather than have a Russian paraded and beheaded, the order to drop on him was given.
The repeated order by control to get back to the green line, despite having been told that was not possible also stinks of a fabricated legal defence.
The poor sod probably asked for assistance but was denied it, or it went wrong.
