A monument to the 18-year-old gunner was erected in Tuva

In the Tuvan village of Iyi-Tal, a monument was erected to an 18-year-old gunner with the call sign Shaman, who died in a special operation zone while performing his combat duty. The young man's mother, Tatiana, told Izvestia that her son had always dreamed of a military career.

"He really wanted to be a military man. To the point that he found a way to go on a special military operation to become a military man," Tatiana shared.

According to the woman, her son called her before the last combat mission, telling her that he was going to go on a mission. On April 22, 2024, a friend of the fighter with the call sign Taiga informed Tatiana that the Shaman had died. He saved the lives of nine colleagues by calling fire on himself. On December 6, the young man was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.

Earlier, on May 8, in Saransk and Kovylkino of the Republic of Mordovia, monuments were unveiled to servicemen who died in the line of duty in the SVR zone. The Saransk monument on Victory Square depicts a soldier with a machine gun in his hand, behind which a child is hiding, and commemorative plaques with the names of fallen servicemen were placed on the memorial in Kovylkino. Veterans and widows of ITS participants were also invited to the opening ceremony.