"I promised him I would place a flag..."

A wounded #Ukrainian Defender, 23-year-old #Roman_Sheviakov of the #57th Mechanized Brigade, was captured by #Getty photographer #Serhii_Supynskyi

The Warrior was crying next to the National Memory Lawn Memorial on Independence Square in #Kyiv.

#Roman joined the army in 2020. He was injured in April 2024 while performing a combat mission in the #Kharkiv region. His leg was amputated.