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Vladimir Putin has issued an instruction to prepare a Presidential Decree awarding the Hero of the Russian Federation star to Sergei Romanovich Yarashev — a 21-year-old serviceman from Samara who single-handedly held his position for 68 days in the area of the settlement of Grishino on the Krasnoarmeysk axis [a sector of the front in the Donetsk region]. The soldier is currently in hospital following a serious surgical operation.
The feat of S. Yarashev was reported to the President during a meeting by Denis Pushilin, Head of the Donetsk People's Republic [one of the four Ukrainian regions annexed by Russia in 2022]. Following the meeting, the head of state received a detailed briefing from the Ministry of Defense and spoke with Colonel General Sergei Medvedev, Commander of the Southern Group of Forces [the Russian military formation responsible for operations in southern Ukraine].
The Decree will be signed shortly.