Osa has a petite build, sports a shock of bright pink hair, and often breaks out in bubbly laughter. Despite her frail appearance, she has destroyed three enemy tanks since the start of the full-scale invasion, easily operating Corsar and Stugna ATGM missile systems.
Osa is currently deployed in the Zaporizhzhia sector, serving as part of the 15th Battalion of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade. Osa and her family are from the town of Vesele, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, so she is actually defending her native territory.
First days on the frontline
Osa recalls her arrival on the frontline… Rain and cold enveloped the soldiers as they huddled like rats in a tube beneath the road. There was hardly any space to move around, so when someone went on duty, another person took their place to sleep.
The radio transmitter crackled and a distant voice informed that a column of Russian vehicles would be passing by soon. They were probably refueling somewhere, and Osa’s unit was waiting for them with three Corsar anti-tank missile systems and a Fagot anti-tank guided missile. Their task seemed simple, but things quickly become complicated. First, an intense artillery bombardment began, and everything was a blur. Osa quickly positioned the Corsar on the road.