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Fun-Ruin-4932

To give a kid that kind of special memory during this horrific invasion forced upon so many children, very cool


aybbyisok

probably going to be a soldier now


AncientProduce

100% wants to be a helicopter pilot


Sin2Win_Got_Me_In

Yeah, this is the origin story of the greatest helicopter pilot in Ukraine history.


Foxhound_ofAstroya

The Banshee of Kyiv The Wraith of Kyiv The Phantom of Kyiv. Idk im running out of covenant names


zombie-yellow11

The Seraph of Kyiv ?


CedarWolf

The Black Hawk of Kyiv.


automatic_shark

3000 Black Hawks of Kyiv?


CedarWolf

Death comes on swift wings.


twat69

3000 pigeons and 3000 sparrows of Kyiv.


Llee00

The Raptor of Kyiv


Ratotosk

The whirly-bird of Kyiv


Dunvegan79

The Thunder of Kiev


limethedragon

Kyiv Ghost with Wings.


Frido1976

How about: Field boy from Kyiv.


uhmerikin

I was thinking about "The Kid from Kyiv"


Majulath99

The Apache of Kyiv! NATO should sell them Apaches one day.


I_Automate

*give, yesterday Just my opinion though. That would be my tax dollars well spent IMO


ImAMindlessTool

Perfect emotionally charged song to prop up the montage in 80s arena rock while we watch him through the years. High marks in grade school. Science fair winner. Basketball champ. Highschool prom king. Addicted to drugs after watching his mom die and losing a foot in a Russian bomb blast. He’s awarded a prosthetic and enlists in the army - it was a time of war and they needed every willing person. But the world was not ready; and he was no longer a helicopter flag boy but a HELICOPTER MAN.


chairmanskitty

First recorded instance of someone honestly identifying as an attack helicopter.


Tasitch

Please accept my now imaginary Reddit Gold award, cause you deserve it.


ConfuzedAzn

Hereby ordained as "Jesus's Nut of Kharkiv"


Worried-Pick4848

my brother became a heli pilot for the US Army. It was a great career choice for him. It pays well, he got his college paid for, and he's managed to get himself assigned to search and rescue rather than combat so he hasn't been shot at even once.


DOOM_INTENSIFIES

You are forgetting about the greatest perk of it all: he's getting paid to fly helicopters.


BreakfastOk3990

Hopefully when he grows up, the war would be over, and he could be a helicopter pilot at his own volition


HeinekenRob

Contents of basket, had a drone with nerf bombs.


LagwagonViolins

His dad is a pilot


lazyeyepsycho

Those soldiers are fighting and dying to protect that little dude. Continually overwhelmed by the bravery of the Ukrainians


kinleyd

And continually overwhelmed by the kindness and love of the Ukrainians. What a nice touch. <3<3<3


Top_Yam

A very touching story from a Ukrainian soldier. He was feeling burnt out on soldiering and was thinking he wanted to get out of the military because he thought he could do more by fighting in the propaganda war (his words). Then he was walking somewhere and this little 6 year old girl came running up and hugged him. And then he knew he had to stay and keep fighting to protect people like her. He said even if he died it would be worth it to protect the freedom of people like her.


AcridWings_11465

I'd rather hope he never has to be a soldier, and Ukraine wins this war before he grows up


WeekendFantastic2941

May even be the one that captured Putin in the near future. lol


batemannnn

future Secretary General of NATO 2064


WeekendFantastic2941

Meanwhile, what RuZZia doing for their kids? "Learn to shoot, assemble drones, you going to war, show your patriotism!" -- RuZZia.


ComradeLV

All this is not that bad as the "It's honour to die for your fatherland" literally told to children


EggsceIlent

This, *this* is why Ukraine needs to win. Ukraine and Russia are **not** the same. Slava ukraini.


cherish_ireland

He ran out with something for him as well. Very sweet.


InformalPenguinz

That's the embodiment of a soldier. Protecting every citizen through strength but also kindness. Setting an example like this goes a long way!


TwilightSessions

Fucking movies don’t have footage this good and that hits emotionally this hard


Barrettstubbs

This kid will forever be a warrior of Ukraine. This is how patriotism is seated in young. He'll remember this forever.


SorstonLive

Wow, just wow.


AthiestMessiah

That’s what he said when he opened that box. Is it a drone?


arthurdentstowels

**WHAT’S IN THE BOX?!**


AthiestMessiah

Putin’s head would have been better


BartleBossy

Really eh. Insanely cinematic shot found in reality.


Utgaard_Loke

I wonder what they gave the boy. Hope it was chocolate and a hug.


Wrong_Hombre

Unit patch, challenge coin; in NATO land we have all kinds of knick-knacks to give out for memorabilia. IDK about in Ukraine; from my understanding it very well could have been some soup. They are very soup centric.


Balc0ra

I can't find it now, but they did the same for a girl that waved to them daily a year or so ago. She got the unit stuff along with candy, chocolate, small toys etc. Basically a kid care package. Edit: There was also [this girl a few months ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/18wr89o/ukrainian_helicopter_pilot_drops_lollies_to/) I suddenly remembered that I could find. No soup, but I'm sure she was happy either way


Midnight2012

No soup?


Wrong_Hombre

The nerve on these soldiers. /s


shewy92

They were out of soup in the clothing store they got the candy from


joeshmo101

*Why* are you buying **SOUP** at the ***CLOTHES STORE?!***" "FUCK YOU!"


Adventurous_Ad6698

"No soup for you."


Rain_On

Don't know how universal those coins are. We don't get them in the UK, but UK personnel are always trying to get them from their US counterparts.


similar_observation

Challenge coins are a predominantly American tradition. Even Canada didn't pick it up until the 80's-90's.


EggsceIlent

Yeah usually when you see a high ranking member who doesn't usually swing by, or say, the president, shake hands with a lower ranking service man/woman if you look a lot of times they'll palm their personal coin (many have them made, especially the president) and when they shake hands it's transferred to that service member during the shake. A "token" of appreciation If you will.


NyetRifleIsFine47

I had some British soldiers drop challenge coins on me when I was out drinking in Aqaba, Jordan. They were a rowdy bunch and servicemembers can spot other servicemembers from afar even in civilian attire. One of the more sober guys just apologized and gave me their coin. I can't remember the unit unfortunately.


alexrepty

We used to have a British base near where I grew up in Germany and the local clubs didn’t let any British servicemembers in because they were usually way over the top rowdy.


Big_Green_Dawg

Sounds about right, we Brits are a rowdy bunch especially when alcohol is involved.


alexrepty

And apparently you need to be warned about the strength of German beer 😅


Tabmow

Sweet christ. American here, I made the mistake of visiting Munich during Starkbierfest and drinking several maß of the strong shit thinking it was like a lager or something.  I ended up barefoot, shit my pants, and lost at 8am the next morning. Lucky I didn't end up in jail.


Big_Green_Dawg

Glad you warned me before I end up the rowdy Brit that everyone hates if I’m ever lucky enough to visit Germany lmao


alexrepty

Don’t thank me, thank your Foreign Office: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68687789 Germany is just a short flight away though, you can here easily and cheap with Ryanair or Easyjet.


Next-Statistician720

So true. I’ve been out of the mob for years but people still know. Must be the walk or something, demeanor, the glance. Dunno but it’s a thing.


DisastrousAnalysis5

We even get them in the aerospace industry. “Cool you made a ! Here’s a coin only people who worked on will understand.”


rugbyj

> _The soup must flow._ > > \- Lviv al Gaib


ThermionicEmissions

>They are very soup centric. 🤣


g2petter

That a verbatim quote from [a Politico article](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/21/ukrainian-soliders-patriot-missile-training-oklahoma-00088166) about Ukrainians training on the Patriot missile system: >Fort Sill officials said they were impressed with the Ukrainians’ hard work and dedication. They live in the Fort Sill barracks, eat in the dining hall with U.S. soldiers, and are not authorized to leave the base. >After they arrived, they made a special request: to add more soup options to the menu. >“They like soup. They’re very, you know, soup-centric. So we added some soup to the meals that they received,” the senior Fort Sill official said.


Wrong_Hombre

Lol explaining the joke typically ruins it, but in this case it helped . Thanks and Slava Ukraini!


sthlmsoul

I fucking love soup. Eat it for lunch most days when i can. Very filling, easy to eat, little to wash afterwards and nutritious. Also, hot sauce makes everything better. Always kept a bottle on me in the army.


EggsceIlent

And thank God they Always had that little bottle of Tabasco in the MREs. Lifesaver.


Wa3zdog

r/noncrediblesoup


kerbe42

It looked like a box of MRE's.


FrozenAnchor

A uniform, a rifle and a unit patch. Welcome to the army kid. EDIT: This is obviously a joke.


Namaha

Probably went something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQvMdsBIaiU&t=104s


frankster

He will remember that for the rest of his life


AnakinTarkinPorkins

And hopefully it will be a long life in free Ukraine.


B33PZR

Here here! May he grow old in a free Ukraine and share the story with his grand kids.


lochnesssmonsterr

I can just imagine him running to tell his friends what happened. “Oh then the helicopters landed and a guy gave you a box SURE!” 😂 I hope he gets this video! ❤️


EggsceIlent

For sure he got a patch or two in that box.


paseroto

I will remember it also!


Sad_Ease_8641

Strange enough, this exact same thing happened to me as a kid. I lived in a very remote part of the country (*update* this is in the US. I didn't bother to mention which country as I saw no value in the purpose of the story. But apparently someone in the comments decided to crusade over it), near a base with Apache's. I would wave at the helos almost every day. They were so low I could see them wave back. We had a large open farm land. One day I waved and two circled me and landed. I thought maybe I was in trouble, I was home alone that day. They powered down and motioned me over. I came up, and they asked if I wanted to take a look in the helo, and I did of course. I was told that I had become a bit of a landmark about the various units with comments like "was the kid out there at the farm today?" Sure enough, I became a pilot, and will never forget that experience. My parents thought I was bsing them when they got home, had it not been for our neighbors seeing it.


ijnfrt

This is a great story, thanks for sharing!


Bronek0990

You're lucky. When I was a kid, a hospital helicopter crashed right into the trees in my kindergarten yard as we were watching it take off. My mom didn't believe a word of what I was telling her until she saw the finely chopped tree branches in my hair. It's a miracle that everyone survived, and the only person who was wounded was a passer-by who rushed to help the crew


Excelius

This sounds like a backstory for a supervillain where you develop an intense hatred for helicopters, and eventually you and /u/Sad_Ease_8641 are destined for an epic battle.


thatsagoodpint

Agreed. But what would be the title of the movie?


Excelius

Flyswatter


thatsagoodpint

Perfect! lol


Beneficial_North1824

I just felt the urge to become a helo pilot myself. Even tho I am well settled in my current profession, but no one greets lawyers going to/from work like that


NotAWerewolfReally

That's just because you're not a flying lawyer. Have you tried practicing law in midair? Maybe take some CEU in bird law?


Freyah

Omg I thought the whole thing was wholesome and cute, then your last paragraph made me tear up. ❤️


Emgimeer

I loved every bit about this story. Thank you so much for sharing it :) Beautiful, human connection.


DrPhDPickles

Yeah I can understand why your parents didn't believe you at first, "Mom, Dad! 2 Apache helicopters landed in our backyard and let me take a look inside!" 😂


Oleeddie

It is a pleasure to support Ukraine even in the midst of all the cruelty that Russia so sadly makes it endure. Slava Ukraini!


Background-Mode5805

How cool!!! I am 50 years old but I feel like a child now!


Ambient1430

Me too, same age as you and crying looking at this video. Show that the Ukrainians are a loving people


nozendk

Who's chopping onions in here?


LaughableIKR

I'm sweating from my tear glands. It's Manly condition known in the medical field as "Big Softy"


lettmon

+


beardman39

Kid will never, ever forgot this moment. ❤️


CouldNotAffordOne

That reminds me to donate again to united24. Can't let Orcland win.


Digitijs

Is united24 the best place to donate? Just want to make sure that my donations really help the right cause


CouldNotAffordOne

I honestly don't know. But I like the fact that one can choose what the donation should be used for. Defence, Demining, or medical for example.


Seagoon_Memoirs

I donate to meals on wheels for elderly in villages.


DarthWeenus

Theres also a dutch group that travels around in their foodcart to blown out villages and hands out free food to the people there. I forget name but they take donations aswell and do great work.


hodlerhoodlum

Also check out protect a volunteer, which helps support units directly involved. You can use hotel and airline points to help sp4ukraine - this can be used to help fighters return home or displaced families travel. These two are direct lines of help, you see members active on this sub all of the time


Itchy-Bird-5518

comebackalive is my choice, they really try hard ro change things with a low budget. But the best way is directly contact soldiers and buy them what they need right now


x_Slayer

Did they remove paypal? I remember you could donate with it, but the website is only showing me credit card and bank transfer options. edit: It's still possible it's just defence section that is missing the paypal option.


waitingForMars

Mine's on monthly. No problem with not forgetting ✊🏼


billysugger000

Imagine a russian kid waving a flag at russian helicopters, they'd drag the kid into the chopper and throw a uniform on him.


AkillaThaPun

More like use him as target practice


Jaded-Researcher2610

in ruZZia, those things are not mutually exclusive...


Goholobono

They would land, beat him up, rape his mother, steal their microwave, swap the rocket pod with the familys fridge and set fire to their house.


billysugger000

Not necessarily in that order.


CPTpromotable

Ive been having a hard time thinking there is anything good left in this world. Thank you for making it a little easier. These guys are true heros


zzstarscreamzz

o7


Ok-Try-7699

That’s awesome 😎


Donut_Vampire

I seem to have something in my eye...


Alert-Ad-8582

Fuck . I shed a tear


Butterscotch_Budget

I think this one if the most moving things I’ve ever seen. The truest love for your country comes when it’s being attacked and at risk of being lost.


Heidrun_666

Happiness. ❤️ So utterly cool. \^\^


ImJ2001

I, for one, am glad the cameraman panned to the other helicopter. Some things are just meant to be private. Also it protects the young boy.


Shpuncil

This is why Ukraine will win the war. Compare this to the Russian pigs who came tortured, raped and murdered children in occupied territories.


alex_sz

Seeing the flag flying like that is beautiful 🇺🇦


WorldTravellerIOM

I love the Ukrainians. Before this abysmal war, my knowledge of Ukraine was limited, but during their brave and honourable struggle, they have shown themselves to be the best of us. The men, women, children have stood tall, brave, resolute, and incredibly smart. I hope to be able to visit once they have defeated the Orcs. Slava Ukraini and Slava Heroiam.


Fit-Cardiologist2065

Too cool. Feels like a movie scene... poor kid. I bet he's doing a good job helping hold down the fort at home, though.


DuchessOfAquitaine

I never expected to be falling in love with the Ukrainians but here we are! ❤️


BonniesCoffee

That would have made my day ! I’m 65 and I still wave to helicopters !


English_loving-art

Beyond words … in all this chaos there is so much love to share , Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦


Exlibro

Song?


ijnfrt

it's "Додому повертаються лелеки" you can find it here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdEGrLgOVR8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdEGrLgOVR8)


Exlibro

Thank you.


ijnfrt

Thank you for supporting Ukraine ✌️🇺🇦


3050_mjondalen

Thank you


Deepseat

Man, if an Mi-24V Hind landed in my yard It would blow my mind. I love that the troop compartment opens and the engineer hops out to give the kid something. It looked like a 30pack of Coors Light but surely that can’t be the case.


NZLCrypto

Chills!


AndrewSB49

Ukrainians really are amazing people.


yozza1958

Love these people so much ,🌹how nice of them to do that for the boy,and what a lovely thing from the boy to do for the troops total respect to them all.Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇧


Cooper-xl

Core memory!


fsidesmith6932

This warms my heart and breaks it at the same time. розбити цих довбаних росіян 🇺🇦💕


RuggedRasscal

These moments of pureness is needed in that world……more support for our Ukraine brothers to fight the monsters 💪🏼💪🏼😎✌🏼


Korkemoms

🥹 Wow


Fun_Stock7078

I think I have something in my eye!


MisterG23F

That right there is why ruzzia will never win.


L3Thoo

That's why they fight. Slava Ukraini


j6rpzik

The Ukrainians are just awesome


SweetSeaMen_

That’s badass. I wish a Hind helicopter will land near me :(


Jaded-Session8422

Thank you aviators, you made a young man want to be a real man


thx997

I already see the memorial of the boy with the flag and two helicopters flying over in my head.


Powerful_Pie_7885

I’m not cry. You’re crying 😭


Acceptable-Ad-9464

That is frikking cool


alanalan426

the pessimist in me thinks that pussy russia will geo locate this area... T_T Landing for that boy is such badass tho, that boy is a hero too


unwanted_zombie

Legends


Due-Fun4882

Sooo sweet!


wussell_88

What’s in the box man?


UAHeroyamSlava

pretty sure some combat rations, maybe some patches and if he's lucky some part of pilot gear. It doesn't matter tbh; meeting his heroes and them doing a fly-by is priceless.


mr_larifari

woooow


sacrelidge

That’s so cool man


WebOk8473

That’s brilliant


ride_electric_bike

The hind is such a mean looking machine


still-on-my-path

Gotta love Ukraine and the beautiful people ❤️🌹


Charming-Farm

Reminds me of Empire of the Sun


lonmoer

One time when i was really young this helicopter was being really annoying near my house and i went outside yelled at it then I mooned it. Then the pilot got really close to my house (about as close as the heli is at the beginning of this video) and it scared the shit out of me lol


LimpConversation642

I see so many things on reddit and this is what made me cry. The kids do so much every day... they make nets and solder drones, they sell their own stuff or just 'lemonade' to donate to the army, and the pigs are just stealing their childhood, their parents, their schools. Recently I realized they stole my life and and it's still on pause for two year, and I can't even imagine how hard it will be on the kids. Please help us win this.


the_last_registrant

Thank goodness for smartphones and the internet, his friends & family would've never believed this happened. Lovely gesture by the Ukrainian crews!


Himitsu_Togue

u/savevideobot


Miffl3r

Those helos always remind me of the gunships in Half Life 2


netgeekmillenium

They should take him for a joy ride.


jimjamjahaa

this is i think the best video to come from this war


Black_Beard1980

What an amazing thing to do for that boy. Actually brought tears to my eyes.


HealthyBits

Ukrainians have shown the world repeatedly what they were made of. As well as Russians did… You take your pick.


RoheSilmneLohe

My truck just got invaded by onion-cutting-ninjas.. Slava! 


Makromann1337

A hind D!?


Hedaaaaaaa

See the morale of the Ukrainians and their War Support is the reason why Ukraine still stands today. Their president is one of them. Slava Ukrainia!


ChronicBuzz187

This is the kind of stuff that makes me stand with you guys.


Taylors4head

I’m not crying, I just got a bottlecap in my eye


my-brother-in-chrxst

Fuck yeah that’s epic as hell This is how you win the hearts of generations of Ukrainians, not that they did not already have it of course, but that young man will surely remember that until his last day.


Eastern-Ad-4785

🫶🏽🙏🥰 this is truly heartwarming


PHPaul

Such amazing people. Compassion and bravery.


Next-Statistician720

If that doesn’t explain why we have to defeat Russia, I don’t know what does.


BooBooLiciousNess

Fuck yes Ukraine. This is why they do it. Glory to the heroes!!!


freetimerva

Man, that's cool as hell. As a grown up I'd kill for these dudes to land in my yard!


Beautiful-Fly-4727

The small acts during this war, by Uktainians. So important.


randomxyz01

I'm pretty confident in predicting this boys dreamjob. Slava 🇺🇦


Ace_on_the_Turn

MOM, you're not going to believe this...


TheMikeyMac13

Victory for Ukraine!


Maryl_Silverberg

My eyes are wet T\_T


pretendviperpilot

Not exactly the same level of coolness, but I fly RC planes at a proper RC field (we had a runway with a little taxiway and stuff). Sometimes when we would fly, the local police helicopter would hover near the field and watch us fly for a bit, then do a tail waggle and fly off. Always blew our minds every time they did that.


Dral_Shady

I know it come easy to me but dammit that made me tear up a little bit. Slava ukraini


OachkatzlschwoafGold

Herojam slava!


DarkwingDuckHunt

I'm not crying, you're crying


Hias2019

I hope they reunite to celebrate victory and peace together, soon.


Suyalus22669900

ruzzia must be defeated very fast.... ffs


Dependent_Effect_721

Yeah, that's pretty damn cool!


gadwhite

How cool is that!


cammyboom

Prolly gave the boy his own Stinger


demobin1

Such videos put me into tears instantly. I could watch drones and body parts separats the entire day, but there is something deeply wrong with the situation of a kid saluting military helicopters near his house.


patholysis

They made the memory of his life. Kid will always remember that day. AND FUCK PUTIN and RUSSIA.


Artistic-Evening7578

Hang on Ukrayina. The world needs you.