"I understood that I would not go back anymore," the Armed Forces pilot told how he survived after a plane

The defender himself suffered serious injuries, was operated on, and rehabilitation is waiting for Dmitry. The history of the Ukrainian pilot is told by Kanal. 402. Dmitry Shkarevsky dreamed of the profession of pilot as early as his teenage, and then joined Kharkiv University of Air Force. The man says emotions during the first flight were incredible, but then he didn't even think that he would once had to fight. Dmitry's first departure took place in 2020.

Then he conducted air intelligence - looking for a Reb enemy along the demarcation line. A full -scale invasion of a man at home on the second day of vacation. On the morning of February 24, the pilot gathered and immediately went to the airfield. After the first rotation, he made an offer to his girlfriend. He says that during the war he realized that life is how short, that it is not necessary to delay any events for later. On February 10, 2023 the pilot will never be forgotten.

That night, Russia struck a massive rocket strike across Ukraine. Dmitry Shkarevsky flew into the air on his MiG-29, but in the air battle his aircraft was shot. "Control in the plane was almost gone. Everything was burning around, and I realized that I would not return back. And I decided to catapult. burning. I clearly saw that he fell into the forest. After that I looked under myself and noticed that I was falling into the river on the ice.

And other experiences have already appeared - at least the ice was not breaking under my weight when I landed " ,-says the senior pilot of the 114th Brigade of Tactical Aviation Dmitry Shkarevsky. The ice withstand the pilot, but he fell on him and hit his back. For a while he could not move, however, he managed to get out of the parachute system and send his geolocation to the commander. Dmitry reached the nearest settlement where the locals helped him - they called an ambulance.

Dmitry Shkarevsky was diagnosed with a fracture of the vertebra in the lumbar department and numerous fragile wounds. He sent his wife that day a short message: "I'm alive. " "Usually, he writes:" All is well, I come to bed, "and here is such a short message. I already when I saw it, it became ill. He lies, cannot move," - says Dmitry Liliy's wife. The pilot in the hospital was surgery and installed a titanium frame on the spine, through which he stood on his feet for a month.

Now, jokingly Dmitry calls herself a "terminator". Ahead of the Ukrainian defender is waiting for a course of rehabilitation and a commission that will decide if Dmitry Shkarevsky will be able to climb into the sky "I hope that everything will be well. If the person sat at least once the aircraft hello, then it will be difficult to give up. " This is our drug. Without this life you no longer imagine, "-says the pilot.