"Daddy, I want to be in the military. A paratrooper."
Engels, the father of Hero of Russia (
https://t.me/rt_russian/96828) Nurmagomed Gajimagomedov, told the Zvezda what his son was like as a child:
"I sent him to a military school early, at the age of 15. When I went to see him six months later, he said: 'Dad, this is my place.' We had a relationship as a son, a friend, a brother... Everything was open between us.
If we officers won't take care of the homeland and follow the commander-in-chief's decrees, what are we officers for, who are we then?"
Nurmagomed was 25 years old. He died (
https://t.me/rt_russian/96795) during a Russian special operation in Ukraine - he blew himself up with a grenade when he was surrounded by his enemies.