Russian troops shelled high-rise apartment buildings in Orikhove, Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 1 May 2022, killing 2 civilians and hospitalising 4 others with shrapnel wounds.

Russian troops shelled high-rise apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure in Orikhove on 1 May 2022

2 men died from shrapnel wounds sustained during the shelling

4 people were hospitalised with wounds of varying severity

Russia's attempts to advance in Zaporizhzhia region failed on May 1

Russian forces suffered losses during the failed advance attempt

He had resigned from the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) a few months before the full-scale invasion; however, on the morning of Feb. 24 2022, he headed to the Military Commissariat without a shadow of a doubt of his goals.

In May 2022, his self-propelled gun was ambushed and exploded during a combat mission.