[4][5] From 2014 to 2016, he served as the chief of staff of the surface ships brigade in Ochakiv, Mykolaiv Oblast.

[8] According to Fedash, after the expiration of the ultimatum, his ship left Lake Donuzlav to the words of the song "Our proud Varyag does not surrender to the enemy."

We asked for help from the sea minesweeper Chernigiv so that we could pull the two of us away, to which we were refused... During this time, helicopters were flying up, snipers were around.

However, a Russian tugboat approached them, hit the side and ran the bow of the minesweeper Cherkasy aground.

[1] On 25 March after a long assault, the ship was captured by the special forces of the Russian Federation, and its captain and crew went ashore.