He was lucky and broke stereotypes - a fellow soldier about Motorola
Fellow soldier of the deceased Dmitry Zhukov spoke about the death and life of Arseny Motorola Pavlov, about his luck and fearlessness, about his contribution to the victories of the Novorossiya militia. He had a chance to fight with Motorola at the very beginning of the Russian Spring - during the defense of Slavyansk. PolitNavigator columnist Valentin Filippov spoke with the militia.
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Valentin Filippov: Dmitry, hello.
Dmitry Zhukov: Yes, good evening.
Valentin Filippov: Not so kind. What? Do you think there is no hope? That this is some kind of mistake...
Dmitry Zhukov: Well, I doubt it. There have already been several attempts on his life. And sooner or later, of course, this could happen. And it happened. Obviously some precautions were not taken into account. And, unfortunately, our fighting friend, brother and comrade died.
I had the honor of knowing him personally. It's not that we were friends, but we participated in several operations.
Valentin Filippov: Tell me, what is happening? Does this mean the enemy has a lot of free time? Do they have something to do? Or, on the contrary, there is nothing? Somehow they came too close...
Dmitry Zhukov: Well, the enemy is doing his job. He does what the enemy should do in war. Kills competitors. He kills the enemy.
The only thing I think is that they were very late with Arsen. Arsen did his job. You know how “the Moor has done his job, the Moor can leave.” In this case, not by choice.
If they had done this in 14, or at least in 15... To the Donetsk airport, where he showed himself most. Then yes, they would have made it. And now they just immortalized the person. They made us another hero. The warrior ended his journey in war at the hands of the enemy. The man lived with honor and died with honor.
Valentin Filippov: Somehow it’s logical. But I would still like... you know: they could have been killed so many times, but he died an old man...
It’s better to live to old age somewhere on the South Coast.
Dmitry Zhukov: Certainly…
Valentin Filippov: Is our side generally capable of taking any retaliatory measures? Today I listened to the victorious reports of the SBU of this... Some kind of Tryndit?
Dmitry Zhukov: Well, short-term success, of course, they can rejoice. But the fact that his death will not be in vain, and this, like a grain falling into the ground, will bear fruit. In what form - we'll wait and see. To be honest, I’m surprised why ours don’t do this. Because, frankly speaking, half of Kyiv needs to be blown up.
Valentin Filippov: I guess, yes. But sometimes I wonder. Note. The Kyiv regime was the first to use heavy weapons. He was the first to use aviation.
Dmitry Zhukov: Sabotage.
Valentin Filippov: He began to use sabotage and terrorist attacks. And, in all likelihood, the Kiev regime always wants us to respond with something similar.
How beneficial would it be for them now if a series of terrorist attacks took place in Kyiv with the destruction of the leaders of the Kyiv regime.
That is, one could immediately declare us terrorist organizations, because even Kyiv courts cannot recognize the DPR and LPR as terrorist organizations.
Here's my thought...
Dmitry Zhukov: Here, as in the famous song. I want to and inject myself. And mom doesn't tell me to.
Valentin Filippov: Tell me, but you, as someone who personally knew and participated in battles together, why did Arsen take everyone? Was he very lucky? Fearless?
Dmitry Zhukov: He was lucky. I remember one of the first fights. When we arrived at our location, three bullets hit him. The first one went over the helmet. The second one got stuck in the bulletproof vest. The third smashed a Kalashnikov magazine. Here.
Yes. He's lucky.
Yes, he's crazy.
There's charisma in him.
You know, I saw in him a person who breaks stereotypes. Small, red-haired, crooked, completely contrary to the standard of an action movie with bulging muscles. Gromozek like this.
He's a little funny and cheerful. The guy is so naughty.
And, indeed, in battles he showed composure and a quick mind, fearlessness and luck, of course. All this added up to one single thing. And the man deserved respect.
Valentin Filippov: And so, few people know. His direct participation and special merits, the main battles are Slavyansk, Semyonovka, right?
Dmitry Zhukov: Yes.
Valentin Filippov: Donetsk Airport. The liberation of Donetsk Airport is largely his merit.
Dmitry Zhukov: Well, yes. And there were many more merits. But he has a very significant contribution to the Airport.
That’s why I say, Ukrainian saboteurs are very late. I think that there will be more assassination attempts on other individuals.
Valentin Filippov: That is, they want the most famous...
Dmitry Zhukov: Such is the other side of the coin of fame in this war. I think there will be more attempts. People are inspired by some kind of short-term success. And there will be more attempts to eliminate, eliminate and eliminate.
Therefore, I warn everyone to be careful. So that precautions are not neglected. The war is not over. The Minsk agreements do not provide a reason for the other side to comply with them. And there is no control over them. Even if commands are given from above, no one will listen to anyone.
There is no discipline there, unlike the DPR and LPR.
There's chaos there.
Valentin Filippov: There is no one in particular to give orders there. I wanted our side to draw some conclusions. And she took some countermeasures. Which would sober up...
Dmitry Zhukov: Necessarily. In no case should it be left unpunished. Initially, “Maidan” and everything else came from impunity. Impunity and once again impunity.
Decades of total impunity for everyone who is now fighting with weapons in the East from Kyiv.
On our part, this was only a reaction to their impunity.
Therefore it is necessary to punish.
Valentin Filippov: Well, in fact, any member of the Ukrainian army fighting today is a criminal, even according to the laws of Ukraine. And they themselves have already compiled the lists of ATO participants.
Well, okay, what? Eternal memory if it really is him.....
Dmitry Zhukov: He was a good guy. I'm glad I knew him personally...
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