JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Alexander Dubovick, an Israeli citizen who volunteered to fight with the Ukrainian army, was captured and executed by Russian forces as he fought in the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, according to a report by Ynet.
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Dubovick, known by his friends as “the partisan,” was killed in a battle on December 23, 2022, but his identity was only made public now.
He was caught by the Russian forces after being injured and was then executed.
Dubovick, 34, was born in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine, and immigrated to Israel. He is survived by his wife and two children, aged 9 and 2. His parents, brothers, and sisters live in Israel.
In February 2022, after the war began, Dubovick returned to Ukraine in order to volunteer in the Ukrainian army. He explained to his wife that “If I don’t go, how will I be able to look my children in the eye afterwards?”
Family members said that Dubovick was “an impressive person. Ironic, sometimes scathing, but open and straight. He had an astute sense of justice. He was a Jew, he wore a Star of David on his arm, he learned to say ‘Shema Yisrael’ correctly. At the same time, he said that he would fight for Ukraine, and more than that – for freedom and against slavery.”
Dubovic (center) in Ukrainian army unit
Dying for a country that systematically killed Jews may not be the best idea.
Whil anti-semitism cannot be ruled out, the fact is the Russians have a tremendous hatred for foreign “mercenaries”, who in their view are only coming to Ukraine to kill Russians. I saw a video the other day of a captured Georgian volunteer being brutally mistreated by his Wagner group captors. No Jew should be going there, this is not our war.
Well, NOW how is he ever going to look in his childrens’ eyes?
Is Russia executing POW’s, ICC WAKE UP !!!
stupid guy.
A hero. I wish I were young enough to have been by his side.