"My brothers wanted to save me. But the enemy aircraft continued to fire at us. Then I started waving and yelling at them to get away from me" 14 hours in the open Black Sea - 130 km from friendly shores Ukrainian HUR military intel trooper "Conan" fell out of his assault craft as it manouevred rapidly to evade Russian warplane cannon fire "Conan is now a legend not only of the unit, but also of all special forces" Conan tells Ukrainian Pravda: "I knew perfectly well that the crew of the boat, which is 13 people, is more precious than me alone" "The current was very strong... I did not stop [swimming] for a moment because it would have carried me further and further from my reference point" As Conan struggled against fatigue, dehydration, a falling core temperature and hallucinations, Ukrainian forces were looking for him with a Bayraktar drone They finally found him by spotting heat traces from seagulls that had perched on him "That's how it was reported that there is an object that floats in the direction of Odessa and 'rides' seven seagulls" A HUR team zipped in on a rescue boat amid more enemy aerial fire to scoop up Conan "Now, as much as I can, I will try to convey my story to other people. Why? So they do not give up" #Ukraine #UkraineRussianWar #UkraineCounteroffensive
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