Dovhaichuk stationed at a camp in June 2015 (Photo provided by Andrii Dovhaichuk)įollowing Russia’s annexation of Crimea soon after the revolution, Dovhaichuk fought for two years in a volunteer battalion in 20 where from that day on, “the army became stronger and was reborn,” Dovhaichuk said. The next day, Dovhaichuk went to the capital himself from Lviv to Kyiv to group up with over 1,000,000 people who also came to protest. On that night, Dovhaichuk was coming home from work, and his journalist friend sent him videos of what was going on in the square. “There were police that started beating these kids with batons, breaking hands and legs.” “There were about 100 freshmen from college there,” Dovhaichuk said. Protestors attributed Yanukovych’s actions to Russian influence. He was in prison three times.”Ī protest broke out in Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, at Independence Square where many demonstrated their disagreement with the president’s decision not to bring Ukraine into the EU. He always stole from the people, and there’s a lot of corruption from presidency. “ the ‘Revolution of Dignity,’” Dovhaichuk said. Dovhaichuk as a solider in May 2015 (Photo provided by Andrii Dovhaichuk) When Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych decided not to sign an association agreement with the European Union in 2013, it served as one of many tipping points for Dovhaichuk’s involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Exposed to beheadings, rape and protests gone violent, Andrii Dovhaichuk transitioned from being a DJ to becoming a soldier for the Ukrainian Special Forces in the fight against Russia.
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