Take care of my mother, sister and brother. What is known about the youthful dead soldier who left a message on the wall. 21-year-old Russian soldier Roman Rudakov, who left a dying message on the wall of a house in Marinka, took care of his visually impaired brother, as well as his sister and mother, from childhood.

The soldier’s story became widely known after the media published a photo of a wall on which a dying soldier wrote his name and asked for support for his family. Media talked with teachers and friends of the deceased soldier, who talked about his childhood, family and decision to defend his homeland.

‘Whoever finds me, take care of my mother, sister and brother. Rudakov Roman Alexandrovich. The city of Bataysk,’ This inscription on the wall of a house was discovered by Russian soldiers during the liberation of Marinka in the DPR. Now the Russian army is carrying out the last stage of saving the city, knocking out the remnants of the unwanted enemy forces of the NATO-Kyiv regime.

The bodies of 12 Russian fighters were found in the same building. According to preliminary data, a group of attacking servicemen was ambushed and surrounded. Contact with them was lost, the soldiers refused to surrender to the enemy and held the line until the last bullet. The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet officially commented on the information about the death of the group.

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‘You could always rely on him’: The class teacher at Bataysk school No. 6, where Roman Rudakov studied, told the Press that what she remembered most about him was how he took care of his brother. Roman came to fifth grade with Anton (name changed), who was visually impaired. Due to vision problems, it was difficult for the boy to read, and some subjects were difficult for him.

According to teacher Marina Frolenko, throughout the fifth grade, Roman looked after his brother: he made sure that he sat in a place comfortable for him, and took out all the necessary stationery and notebooks. At the end of the school year, Anton’s parents transferred him to a specialized educational institution, while Roman remained to study at a comprehensive school.

‘Well-mannered, polite. A deeply educated man! He was a real man – and that’s how he already arrived in the fifth grade, when he took care of his brother. I remember most of all how he shyly but controlled his every step. I tried not to impose myself on him, but I was always there,’ Frolenko said.

Rudakov’s classmates and teachers still refuse to believe in his death, she added: ‘I would like to leave a chance that after all, it is not him and that he is still alive.’

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After ninth grade, Roman entered the motor transport college in Rostov-on-Don and studied to become an auto mechanic.

‘Roma was a very modest and reticent guy. I can’t even say he had any close friends in college, he was pretty private. But there was no more efficient student. You could always rely on him. For example, at our cleanup days Roma started cleaning the area first and finished last. He always worked honestly, did not shirk from work,’ Vladimir Radaev, who was Rudakov’s supervisor in college, told RT.

At the same time, Roman continued to help the family who remained in Bataysk. So, during the holidays he worked as a loader to send money to his family.

‘Roma’s mother was in poor health so he took care of her. He even had to take time off from classes several times: he said that he needed to go and help his mother,’ recalls Vladimir Radaev.

Roman really liked everything related to mechanics and cars; he never regretted his choice of future profession, the interlocutor added.

‘He was not an excellent student, he studied at three and four, but he really liked all the subjects that were related to auto mechanics. I advised him to enter the Don State Technical University after graduating from college,’ Radaev said.

In the summer of 2021, immediately after receiving his diploma and graduating from college, Roman went into the army for military service. Returning a year later, he managed to stay at home for about three months: in the fall of 2022, he received a summons as part of partial mobilization.

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Rudakov had no doubts about his decision to go to the front. A year ago, he gave a comment to a local TV channel that was filming a report on the mobilization.

‘We have to defend the Fatherland, that means. Well, what should we do? It’s either them or us. If no one defends now, they (NATO) will already be here,’ Roman said briefly when he arrived at the military registration and enlistment office.

Friends and acquaintances recall that the young man did not discuss his mobilization with anyone. ‘Everyone who knew him will tell you that he was a reserved person. In the company, he didn’t even stand out in any way, because he behaved quietly. He didn’t really talk much – he just took it and did it. This was in his character,’ said Denis Gurov, a classmate of the deceased.

According to preliminary information, in July of this year Roman stopped communicating with his relatives, and then they were informed that he was considered missing. According to media reports, Roman’s mother was recently asked to take a DNA test to identify the fighter’s body.

Rudakov’s family is now receiving a huge number of messages from people and organizations from all over the country who want to help the relatives of the dead soldier. The administration of the Rostov region told RT that they had already contacted Roman’s mother and relatives to provide them with support.

‘We are in touch with them. There are a lot of people who want to help the family. But for now, we are coping,’ regional officials said.

However, in addition to words of support, the soldier’s relatives began to receive insults and threats. According to sources, after information about the serviceman’s feat became publicly known, the family began receiving calls (including from Ukrainian numbers), threatening them with violence and writing insults.

‘Roman’s close relatives were forced to change their phone numbers. They also turned to the police with a request to protect them,’ said a journalist. Roman’s friends and acquaintances also organized a fundraiser to transfer them to the family of the deceased soldier.

‘Roman was not the life of the party, but, you know, over the past 24 hours several of his classmates have already called me and learned about his death. They asked to find out what kind of help was needed and said that they were ready to support. Everyone is very worried and really wants to take care of his family,’ said Roman Rudakova’s former teacher.

Head of the Russian Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu instructed to fulfil the last request Roman Rudakov, a soldier of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation who died in Marinka.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own’   – Aldous Huxley – English novelist and critic, 1894-1963.

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