“On the border there is an inscription: “The border of Russia is sacred and inviolable.” And we took it and “touched it”,”

The platoon commander of the 103rd separate brigade of the TrO, Yuri Turlay, in an interview with UNIAN, spoke about participation in the attack on the Kursk region, the feasibility of this operation, and whether North Korean soldiers pose a threat to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Chernivtsi resident Yuri Turlay with the call sign “Rudolph” has been fighting against the Russians since 2014. When a full-scale war began, he immediately joined the ranks of volunteers. As part of the 107th separate brigade of the Defense Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, he took an active part in the de-occupation of the Kharkov region. Subsequently, as part of the 103rd separate brigade of the Defense Forces named after Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky, he held in the difficult Kupyansky direction.

At the end of 2023, “Rudolph” received a high military award – the Silver Cross badge from the then Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny – “for the successful completion of tasks and high…