Putin decorates Russian soldier in hand-to-hand combat video

Soldier Awarded ‘Hero of Russia’ Title After Viral Close Combat Video

A private from Russia’s Far East republic of Sakha (Yakutia) has been awarded the title of Hero of Russia after fatally stabbing a Ukrainian soldier in hand-to-hand combat in a widely circulated video, according to a decree published by the Kremlin on Saturday.    Andrei Grigoriev, 38, was awarded the title for “demonstrating courage and heroism,” the Kremlin said.  In the graphic video, recorded on a camera attached to a Ukrainian soldier’s hel…

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Putin decorates Russian soldier in hand-to-hand combat video

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday awarded a soldier with the country's highest honour for bravery after a widely posted video showed him killing a Ukrainian opponent in hand-to-hand combat. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

He received the title of the country’s hero “for the courage and heroism demonstrated in the fulfillment of military duty.” Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded the title of the country’s hero to Andrei Grigóriev, a corporal of the Yakutia region who defeated a military member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a hand-to-hand combat, the Kremlin press service reported on Saturday. The text of the Russian leader’s decree states that the awa…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday presented the highest state honor to a soldier who killed a Ukrainian soldier in a close fight in a viral video. Putin awarded Corporal Andrei Grigoriev the Hero of the Russian Federation medal for “courage and heroism,” the Kremlin said in a statement. Russian military bloggers this month published a video filmed by a camera on the helmet of a Ukrainian soldier. According to Russian and Ukrainian med…

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Corporal Andrey Grigoryev has been awarded the title ‘Hero of Russia’ for his actions in combat President Vladimir Putian has awarded the title ‘Hero of Russia’ to a soldier who defeated a Ukrainian service member in a brutal knife fight that went viral online.  Andrey Grigoryev was decorated for “bravery and heroism” in combat, according to the presidential decree published…