Hero Ukrainian soldier ‘blows himself up to destroy bridge’ and stop Russian invasion forces storming in from Crimea

A HERO Ukrainian soldier blew himself up to destroy a bridge and stop Russian forces from storming in from Crimea. Generals hailed the sacrifice of Vitaly Skakun Volodymyrovych for halting a column of Russian tanks at Henichesk, in the southern Kherson region. It also allowed Ukrainian military units to regroup and redeploy its defences, defence forces said. The Russian tanks and missile launchers had to take on a longer land route into the southern Kherson province. Pictures showed destroyed Russian vehicles littering the roadside, dead Russian soldiers, and captured Russian troops.