A video making the rounds online features one of two 16-year-old Ukrainian boys reportedly killed while fighting Russian forces in the occupied city of Berdyansk.
“‘Two for sure, that’s death, guys. Farewell! Glory to Ukraine!” a bloody Tihran Ohannisian cried out in the clip while holding a Kalashnikov rifle.
The teen was acknowledging his fate following a clash with the two Russians he said had been gunned down, according to the Daily Mail. The other teen, Mykyta Khanhanov, a classmate of Ohannisian’s, was also killed.
A 16 year old Resistance fighter recorded a last message before being killed by occupiers in #Berdyansk.
Tigran Hovhannesyan said “farewell, glory to #Ukraine.”
Earlier he and another partisan are said to have killed two occupiers, including a policeman. pic.twitter.com/FUBeo8oym5— Tim White (@TWMCLtd) June 24, 2023
Russian forces occupying Berdyansk claimed the teens killed a civilian, describing them as “pro-Ukrainian terrorists,” the British newspaper reported.
But Ohannisian and Khanhanov were being hailed as heroes by those who support the Ukrainian defense of their country.
Turns out, “Glory to Ukraine” is a popular refrain as people take to social media to romanticize a war that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives:
We continue to work and destroy the enemy. The defense forces are moving forward. Glory to Ukraine! #UkraineWarNews #Bakhmut #Donetsk #Rivnopil pic.twitter.com/gsPMbSRVPQ
— Dr. Khaled Alfaiomi (@Alfaiomi) June 27, 2023
Aidar.
Assault.
Glory to Ukraine and its soldiers pic.twitter.com/EMPZkuzYpv
— Getty (@region776) June 23, 2023
Two volunteers Makho Kvizhinadze and Jon Odishvili have been killed near Bakhmut
Glory to Heroes
Glory to Ukraine #russiaisateroriststate pic.twitter.com/W4ueHIWsw8— Giorgi Rurua (@GiorgiRurua) June 25, 2023
Good morning! ☀️ Men of the 3rd OSHBr Special Operations Unit “Centuria” are resting. Don’t forget that morning coffee! Eternal glory to Ukraine! ❤️ #UkraineWillWin #UkraineWillPrevail pic.twitter.com/mY9XdChpLS
— Ben ☕️ (@flunkertungle9) June 19, 2023
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