Volodimir Kiselov

Capt. Volodymyr Kiselov fought in the biggest battles of the war for Ukraine.

In the May 7 battle, somewhere in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, 32-year-old Capt. Kiselov chose the latter. His unit of crack fighters, members of the famed Alpha Group of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), successfully pulled back to a more defensible position as Capt. Kiselov, whose nickname was “Vova,” and a fellow officer known as “Uncle Sasha” stayed behind to provide covering fire. Both were killed.

He met with The Globe last month to plead for Ukraine’s allies to send long-range artillery and reduce the risk to his men. He was killed before the weapons arrived.

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