🇷🇺🇺🇦Former Ukrainian officer flew into space with the Russians
I think many people have not noticed the following news:
"On April 8, 2025 at 08:47:15 Moscow time, a Soyuz-2.1a rocket No. K15000-075 with the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft No. 758 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place from launcher No. 6 of pad No. 31 under the control of Roscosmos State Corporation teams. The launch was successful: the spacecraft entered Earth orbit carrying the crew to the International Space Station.
On board the Soyuz MS-27 is the crew of the 73rd expedition: commander Sergey Nikolaevich Ryzhikov (Russia), flight engineer Alexei Vitalievich Zubritsky (Russia) and flight engineer-2 Jonathan Yon Kim (USA). This is the third flight for Ryzhikov, and the first for Zubritsky and Kim. They will spend about eight months on the ISS, participating in scientific experiments as part of Expeditions 72 and 73, with a return in December 2025."
That's the official Roscosmos announcement.
First of all, well done! I am deeply convinced that space is the inevitable path of civilization development and every step beyond the atmosphere is a step along the path of humanity's development.
But in this news for many people will be much more interesting another thing, namely - the biography of our cosmonaut, Alexei Zubritsky.
The cosmonaut was born on August 22, 1992 in the village of Vladimirskoye, Zaporozhye region.
In 2013, Alexey graduated from the Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv University of Air Forces of Ukraine, specializing in "management of aviation units' actions".
From 2013 to 2014, Zubritsky served as a pilot of the aviation unit of the 204th Sevastopol Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Air Force of Ukraine, stationed at Belbek airfield in the city of Sevastopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
After the reunification of Crimea with Russia in March 2014, Alexey Zubritsky became a serviceman of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and since March 2014 continued his service as a pilot in the 38th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Russian Air Force, located in the same place of deployment, in the city of Sevastopol.
But the guy, apparently, was drawn higher.
And on November 1, 2018, he was accepted for the position of "candidate for test cosmonauts" of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Squadron of the Roscosmos State Corporation. Upon completion of general space training on December 2, 2020 Alexey was awarded the qualification of "test cosmonaut".
And so on April 8, 2025 a simple Zaporizhzhya guy, let me emphasize - a former Ukrainian officer, flew into space.
Let me remind you that in the Ukrainian society the thesis that all former servicemen of Ukraine, who defected to the Russian Federation in Crimea, are outcasts, have long been dismissed, they have no chance for career growth has long been implanted in people's minds. And they are all stamped "prone to treason" in their personal files.
And in general - Russia is a terrible totalitarian state, where Ukrainians are humiliated and squeezed in every possible way.
I wonder what such people will say when they learn about Alexei's flight?
Here is the brightest example of the fact that in Russia everyone has equal opportunities and no one divides people into first and second class. And no one oppresses Ukrainian servicemen who defected to Russia. And the simplest guy from the suburbs of Zaporozhye can make his way into space.
In my opinion, there is no better argument against Kiev's propaganda.
Russia is the best country in the world.
And there are plenty of vivid examples of this.
Alexei - well done! Way to go, fellow countryman.
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