Earlier than Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, pensioner Valentyn Didkovskiy lived a quiet life within the metropolis of Bucha, close to Kyiv, typically volunteering to deliver provides to Ukrainian troops. However as a Russian armored column rolled previous his home on February 27, he picked up a grenade launcher he had been given by his soldier buddies who recovered it from an invading personnel provider. Didkovskiy, who skilled within the Soviet Military in 1979, used the weapon to explode a gasoline truck, sending the invasion into chaos. He captured the destruction in a mobile-phone video exhibiting burned and wrecked autos within the streets.