iryna shenkarenko, steve herman, voice of america, northampton county, pennsylvania. denys aksyonov was born on august 24, 1991. he is the same age as ukrainian independence. the 33-year-old man works as a rescuer in the slavyansk-donetsk region and saves people from russian bombing every day. in an interview with my colleague yaroslava movchan, denys said: he is proud to have been born on such a historic day, and now he helps save lives. history of the age of independence, further. my name is denys aksyonov, i am a rescuer, i was born in the city of kramatorsk on independence day of ukraine. the 33-year-old veteran of ukrainian independence began his career as a lifeguard in kramatorsk in 2017, and has been working in sloviansk since the 18th. i can hear on the phone good. denys says that his parents somehow did not pay attention to the date of his birth. the first realized that august 24, 1991 was a special day not only in his life, but also in the history of ukraine. when i was still a schoolboy, at the age of seven, i began to understand that i was born on the day