The military 24th brigade named after King Daniel was killed in the war. Olga Simonova renounced Russian citizenship and fought for Ukraine since 2014.
The girl was the first military man to become a foreign contract soldier who received a passport of a citizen of Ukraine while serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Her colleague reported the death of the girl.
Simba serviceman died in the war
Olga Simonova refused her Russian passport and fought for Ukraine for 8 years .
We have never been “girlfriends”… Yes, familiar colleagues… But in recent days, I perceived your words and support not just as from a colleague. I don’t want to take this as a reality, again someone dear to my heart, close to my soul has passed into eternity,” a colleague said.
Anton Gerashchenko, referring to journalists, wrote that a woman exploded on an explosive device while performing combat task near the city of Soledar, Donetsk region.
Journalist Yulia Ilyukha wrote that she met Olga in the summer of 2015, when the surgeon asked her to collect medicine.
“Olya was born and lived in Russia, but she was more Ukrainian than many who were born and live here. Today (September 13 – Channel 24) Olya died. Are you still looking for good Russians among those who speak their tongues?” The journalist wrote.< /p>
Olga Simonova from Chelyabinsk defended Ukraine for 8 years
Olga went to war back in 2014. Then she was 26 years old, she was a master of sports and a candidate for master of several sports at once.
She was not interested in politics, but then in Russia they began to openly agitate to go to war for the so-called “new Russia”. After that, the girl packed her things and left for Kyiv.
At first she was in the war as a volunteer, two years later she switched to a contract with the 24th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine named after King Daniel. She was a senior soldier, a marksman. In 2018, after studying in Desna, she received the profession of commander of an infantry fighting vehicle.
At the same time, the military with the call sign “Simba” gave a long interview to “Novinarna”. We publish important quotes by Olga:
- about the beginning of the war in 2014: “I wanted to get to the bottom of the truth, and the truth was very sad. How did it all become possible? We didn’t know then what the war in Georgia, the war in Chechnya was. very unpleasant because before I stood on a pedestal under my flag with pride, and then I felt ashamed for my country, for the state”;
- about moving to Ukraine: “Close they knew that I was going, but they didn’t know why, for how long.And then the communication stopped when one of my relatives asked me: “You won’t come back again?” I said: “No” ;
- about the contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine: “In 2016, as a foreign citizen, I signed a three-year contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to obtain any status. A military ID is the main document of a person liable for military service. And contracts for foreigners have just appeared. I have such Belarusian acquaintances signed”;< /li>
- about changing citizenship: “Renunciation of Russian citizenship was fundamental for me. There are no documents left. Copies of passports are somewhere, but these are just memories: look at your photo in your youth (smiles);
- I found out that I received citizenship in the summer of 2017. It turns out that the decree was signed in March 2017. They didn’t even tell me. Only in November 2017 I received a passport – an ID card” .
We all fight for peace, we all want peace. But there will be no peace without victory,” Olga said.
The editors of Channel 24 sincerely condole with the family, friends and acquaintances of the deceased Olga Simonova, who gave her life for Ukraine.
