here he is, andrei kumov, in a photo taken on september 3, 2004.d officer covered the evacuation. vladimir selantiev, who later recognized himself in this photograph, was also nearby. i left the gym and we were firing at the upper windows, where the terrorists were shooting from, where they were still there. alpha special forces. and vympelo in besslan worked together and died together, saving the hostages. 10 officers, 10 photographs that soon after the terrorist attack appeared on the wall of the school, crowned with the inscription alpha wimpil thank you for our children. they took me in my arms, turning my back to these non-people, knowing that he would receive a bullet or receive a shrapnel, everyone before the operation understood perfectly well what would happen, well, they would sweat. 20 years have passed, i see that it’s still hard for him to remember about it , yes. yes, but i have to tell you, i always say that this is a tragedy, this is a tragedy, but this is also heroism, heroism, first of all, of course, of our officers. for half a c

andrei kumov recalls how he miraculously survived in budenovsk, having run 20 meters at the head of hisfrom militants, and the eerie sound background of that day, the roar of a heavy machine gun mixed with cries of despair. ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, ta, ta-ta, it's 4 o'clock, like that, ta-ta-ta-ta-ta. or those women there, everyone who stood there on the windows, don’t shoot there, don’t shoot, don’t shoot, don't shoot, it's for four hours. the officers were ready to go into the hospital to begin cleaning up, but what if basayev’s terrorists were literally shooting from behind the backs of the hostages, of whom there were more than a thousand in the building, can you imagine if we had broken in there, it would have been just a mess, well, that’s me even thank god, thank god that we didn’t break in there, who knew that it would be even worse, but... now there’s a small advertisement, we’ll be back in a few minutes, don’t switch, international lipstick day, for our life we ​​eat 4 kg of this little thing, we will figure out which lipstick is edible and which is not, the program to live healthy, it

andrei kumov recalls how he miraculously survived in budenovsk, having run 20 meters at the head of hisvy machine gun, mixed with screams. this is 4 hours of this kind of attack, screaming at these women there, all those who were standing there on the windows, don’t shoot there, don’t shoot, don’t shoot, don’t shoot, it's within 4 hours. the officers were ready. go into the hospital to start cleaning up, but what if basayev’s terrorists were literally shooting from behind the backs of the hostages, of whom there were more than a thousand in the building, these people were standing on all the windows, in all the corridors, so can you imagine, if we had broken in there, this it would have been just a mess, there, well , it’s even me, thank god, thank god that we didn’t break in there, who knew that what would happen next would be even worse, nordost, then beslan, children, here he is, andrey kumov in the photo taken on september 3 2004, when... after explosions people ran from the school, a wounded officer was covering the evacuation. vladimir selantiev, who later recognized himself in th

here he is, andrei kumov, in a photo taken on september 3, 2004, when after the explosions people ranm the school, the wounded officer was covering the evacuation. vladimir selantiev, who later recognized himself in this photograph, was also nearby. i left the gym and we were firing at the upper windows, where the terrorists were shooting from, where they were still there. special forces soldiers. yes, but i have to tell you, i always i say that this is a tragedy, this is a tragedy, but this is also heroism, heroism, first of all, of course, of our officers, alpha and you of the center of special significance, for half a century the alpha people have become accustomed to measuring the success of their unit not even by hundreds of unique operations, lives saved, other people's lives, for each of which any special forces soldier is ready to give his own, others do not work here, channel one. at the capital's vnukovo airport today we met our young physicists who showed brilliant results at the olympiad in iran. as a result, four gold and one silver medal. vladimir putin congratulated the

an exception was made; a short briefing was given personally by the hero of russia, andrei kumov.happen for 10 seconds, which, well, this is hysterical, this was hysterical, of course, you just showed, this is hysterical shooting, but correct, but correct shooting, so that you are guaranteed that not a single cartridge leaves the silhouette , let him hit you in the arm, shoot him in the leg somewhere, like a punch in the ear, there are no atheists in the trenches, i have seen confirmation of these words many times. now it turned out that in soviet times, young communists, employees of the elite unit of the kgb, the ussr, before each assault they remembered the creator, and they prayed as best they could. where do you think alpha employees end up? alpha employees always go to the army of archangel michael, why? because alpha employees are carrying out a global task of... yes, alpha veterans now have the same enemy, age. the legend of group a, commander gennady zaitsev, turns 90 years old this year. i'm still working. last year, my work experience was 75 years. i arrive already 78 i