Chornobyl electrician Oleksander Lelechenko saved his younger colleagues from radiation exposure by walking through radioactive water three times to effect emergency repairs alone. His actions also prevented catastrophic hydrogen explosion

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1. What a hero. He gave his life to save others. We can’t be thankful enough.

2. Героям слава.

3. Held der Sowjetunion

4. Hero of Ukraine indeed!

5. What a hero, god bless him

6. Notably exactly this type of hydrogen explosion happened a Fukushima.

7. Very inspiring. Another Ukrainian hero, giving his life to fix a situation caused by the fascist Soviet regime.

8. Once again Ukraine and its heroes need to save us from Russian ineptitude and imperialism.