“Fear is normal. The main thing is to be able to control it,”

“Fear is normal. The main thing is to be able to control it,” – a border guard with the call sign “Makar”

A full-scale invasion “Makar” found himself a 4th-year cadet. Donbas became his first baptism of fire: defense, consolidation of positions, assaults, evacuations, explosions right next door. He says he was lucky – the first ten days were in a concrete shelter, he managed to learn how to survive. He does not hide: it was scary. And it still happens. But the main thing is to keep fear in check, to turn it into an instinct that saves.