Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi, 41, is a figure in European history. For Ukraine, he is a hero: the medals he has received attest to this. But his significance transcends his country. The name of Sukharevskyi, the current deputy commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the East, appears in the annals of war not because of the current Russian invasion, which began in 2022, but because of a decision he made on April 13, 2014, in Sloviansk. This city in the Donetsk Oblast, in the Donbas region, remains under Ukrainian control today, largely thanks to him.
