Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has honored 5 emergency service employees with medals for his or her bravery throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

"5 SES workers members have been honored 'for braveness' of the III diploma by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky," the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine mentioned in a put up sharing the photographs of the honorees on March 17.

"Congratulations to our colleagues for his or her well-deserved award!" the SES assertion says.

"We respect your work and perceive that you're doing the identical now as our army. Ukraine is grateful to every certainly one of you," the Ukrainian president advised the medal recipients.

Within the footage, Zelensky is first seen coming into a room accompanied by a soldier in full fight gear and sporting an assault rifle together with members of his workers earlier than he greets the 5 awardees and shakes their arms.

The emergency employees, who may be seen sporting Ukrainian flags on their uniforms, heartily shake their president's hand in return.

Zelensky, who was a comic portraying a president in a well-liked TV sequence earlier than he really received Ukraine's 2019 presidential election with 73 p.c of the vote, then thanks them for his or her service and arms every one a medal for his or her bravery.

The 5 golden medals may be seen up shut within the footage, sitting in adorned crimson packing containers.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (center) awarded emergency service employees with the Ordinance “For Braveness” of the III Diploma.State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Zenger

The Ukrainian president, who advised the U.S. authorities officers "I would like ammo, not a journey," once they provided to evacuate him from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv firstly of Russia's invasion, poses with the medal recipients and an unidentified younger little one in army fatigues because the footage ends.

The incessantly heroic efforts of Ukraine's emergency service employees in rescuing folks from burning buildings, treating the wounded and serving to present protected passage for these fleeing the Russian bombardment have garnered media consideration world wide.

In certainly one of many horrifyingly comparable situations, Ukrainian emergency service employees reduce residents out of their residences and led them to security in a Kyiv neighborhood on March 17 after a downed missile hit their constructing. One individual was killed and three have been wounded within the incident.

In one other case, on March 16, dozens of firefighters in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest metropolis, battled for hours an enormous blaze set off by Russian shelling within the metropolis's market space.

Stopping future devastating fires and explosions has been the main focus of Ukrainian Nationwide Police bomb squads. They've detonated not less than 350 explosive units left behind by Russian troopers throughout a warfare now in its fourth week.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes arms with a recipient of the Ordinance “For Braveness" of the III Diploma.State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Zenger