A Russian soldier whose job it was to spot the enemy in order to direct airstrikes, directed one upon himself. He was spotted by ISIS soldiers in Syria and they were closing in and there were just too many of them, so he requested an immediate airstrike, knowing that he too would die.
His command center gave him several chances to rescind the request but each time he insisted that they attack and to let his family know that he loved them.
From The Blaze:
“They are close, I am surrounded, this may be the end, tell my family I love them dearly,” a transcript allegedly issued by Prokhorenko to his base read after being translated, according to World in War. “I am surrounded, they are so many of these bast**ds … They are outside, conduct the airstrike now please hurry, this is the end, tell my family I love them and i died fighting for my motherland.”
“I don’t want them to take me and parade me, conduct the airstrike, they will make a mockery of me and this uniform,” the “Russian Rambo” allegedly said. “I want to die with dignity and take all these bast**ds with me. Please my last wish, conduct the airstrike, they will kill me either way.”
When the base asked Prokhorenko to confirm his request, he allegedly responded, “They out outside, this is the end commander, thank you, tell my family and my country I love them. Tell them I was brave and I fought until I could no longer. Please take care of my family, avenge my death, good bye commander, tell my family I love them.”
Prokhorenko leaves behind a wife who is pregnant with their first child.
