Video: A soldier with the call sign "Taxi Driver" refused to go to the rear and is evacuating his comrades under fire

The press service of the 23rd Separate Mechanized Brigade has released the story of a soldier—a driver in a mechanized battalion with the call sign “Taxi Driver”—who carries out missions to transport and evacuate his comrades under enemy fire as part of the 20thth Army Corps of the “South” Operational Command of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

Despite numerous risks, attacks by enemy FPV drones, and offers to leave his unit without authorization (desertion), the soldier categorically refused to do so and continues to make regular combat runs. According to the soldier, working on the front lines resembles his civilian job as a taxi driver, but with higher levels of adrenaline and danger; electronic warfare systems and mutual support from fellow soldiers have repeatedly saved the crew’s lives while carrying out missions.

Source: 23rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

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