The last words of the Russian special forces officer who called in an airstrike on his position in order to take out ISIS terrorists in Syria have been revealed.
Alexander Prokhorenko, 25, died in the bombing–but has been hailed a fearless hero for what he did.
His commander revealed that he urged Prokhorenko to move to safety before the airstrike but the officer said he didn’t have time to escape.
“Conduct the airstrike now, please hurry,” he said.
“I am surrounded, they are outside, I don’t want them to take me and parade me, conduct the airstrike, they will make a mockery of me and this uniform. I want to die with dignity and take all these bastards with me. Please my last wish, conduct the airstrike, they will kill me either way.”
Heroic Russian officer, Alexander Prokhorenko, refused to be taken alive by ISIS https://t.co/v7GewA9br1
— aspals legal pages (@aspals) April 4, 2016
У вызвавшего под Пальмирой огонь на себя Александра Прохоренко дома осталась беременная женаhttps://t.co/vBlfP1vN9U pic.twitter.com/tvuM6Qsnfs
— Дмитрий Смирнов (@dimsmirnov175) March 29, 2016
Prokhorenko is survived by his wife Ekaterina, who is pregnant.
“This is the end commander, thank you, tell my family and my country I love them. Tell them I was brave and I fought until I could no longer,” he added just before his death.
“Please take care of my family, avenge my death, goodbye commander, tell my family I love them.”
A spokesperson for the Russian military told the Mirror that the officer who died was “a hero.”
“He drew fire onto himself after being located and surrounded by terrorists,” the spokesperson said.
