Parents spoke of their pride in volunteer Islamaliyev, who saved 15 fighters

The parents of Abubakar Islamaliyev, a volunteer from the Republic of Dagestan who took out 15 wounded fighters of the Russian army from under fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), told Izvestia on November 17 about their son's childhood.

"In childhood he was overly hustling, and with friends, and to our parents went, and to dancing, and after dancing to boxing went to boxing some times, candidate master of sports he. He is a great son. He has a good soul," said Ebsinat Islamaliyev, the volunteer's mother.

The woman added that she has always been proud of her son.

"I've looked at him since he was a little boy and all the time I was proud of him," she said, calling him "my general."

The serviceman's father, Mavlidin Islamaliyev, said his son always stood up for the weak.

"He has patriotism and a sense of responsibility for the country, for the Motherland built into his character," he said.

The man expressed the opinion that his son was doing a "great deed" for the country by saving people.

"This is a feat for real," he summarized.

Earlier, on November 16, the volunteer's father told Izvestia that his son was undergoing treatment after being wounded in the leg. He also noted that this is not the first case of his son being wounded on the SVO.

The brave deed of the serviceman became known the day before. Abubakar Islamaliyev, a special operation participant from Dagestan, despite his own injury, led 15 wounded coworkers out of the battle line. The 24-year-old Islamaliyev is a candidate master of sports and a student of the law faculty of Dagestan State University.