Oleh Babiy DESTROYED THREE TU-22M3s at an enemy airfield. During the retreat, a group of scouts is ambushed. Colonel of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Oleh Babiy was killed while covering the retreat of his sworn brothers... The colonel is survived by two small children. His son had just started first grade, and his daughter was only one year old.
For the first time, the mother and wife gave an interview about their son and husband, respectively. What kind of person was Hero of Ukraine Oleh Babiy? How was he trained as a scout and did his family know what tasks he performed?
Destroying enemy bombers was not the only task the colonel performed. His work definitely influenced the course of the war!
Watch more in the exclusive film by the Lviv.media team "TO DESTROY AND SAVE! COLONEL HUR OLEH BABIY"
Author and screenwriter - Maria Shymanska
Director of photography - Mykyta Pechenyk
Sound director - Yuriy Kit
00:00 How the GUR eliminates Russian TU-22M3s
03:03 "From birth I was preparing for the army" - Oleh Babiy's mother
08:37 "Every morning I have the opportunity to say hello to Oleh" - classmate of Oleh Babiy
11:22 "Oleh always wanted to be different, and that's what he was" - Oleh Babiy's mother
13:52 "Oleh would never have given up, no matter how hard it was" - classmate of Oleh Babiy
17:17 "You joined the army not for money, but for an idea. Oleh was like that," - a classmate of Oleh Babiy
18:23 "It's hard to continue living" - wife of Oleh Babiy
19:35 The beginning of the war. 2014
24:17 "Even then I clearly understood who the enemy was" - Oleh Babiy's mother
26:53 "My wife gave her husband's last paycheck to the defenders" - classmate
27:49 The beginning of the full-scale invasion
29:59 "I always knew that his profession was associated with risking his life" - Oleh Babiy's mother
30:45 What tasks did Colonel Oleh Babiy perform?
33:35 "The Russians did not expect that we have such units" - Oleh Babiy's teacher
33:55 "There were a lot of people who said goodbye to their shoulder straps" - aviation expert Romanenko
35:11 How Russia bombed Ukraine from Tu-22M3
36:11 "By destroying these planes, they saved more than one hundred lives," Oleh Babiy's classmate
37:09 "It was supposed to be one of his last operations!" - Oleh Babiy's classmate
39:37 "He held a small hand over his heart and proudly sang the national anthem. My son did not know that his father had died yet" - Oleh Babiy's wife
41:51 Honoring the memory of the Hero of Ukraine, Colonel of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Oleh Babiy