That picture was a ray of hope for me”, testimony from the mother of the captured Ukrainian soldier

One of the most famous photos of the stranded soldiers has no doubt been that of a soldier who was lit by a beam of light coming in from the damaged roof of the plant.

For the Daily Mail, it's the mother of the photographed soldier, Iryna Yurchenko, who has shown the sensations of seeing his son's picture and the fact that by that moment he had dreamed that she would be given a sign that her son and his friends would survive their trial.

Iyna has shown that she had been waiting for a sign that her son had not lost his life in a day without a viral photo, which she said brought her hope for the first time after several months of war.

The next morning, she sent 26-year-old Kozatsky an exciting video message.

My son, please, wait. Wait. I was very stressed yesterday, but this morning I feel different. I understand there'll be a” breakthrough, she told him.

Mrs. Yurchenko, despite not being a devout religious believer, added: God will save you, he will protect you. I believe you will be saved. I'm sure in my heart about our meeting. I love you all and I'll see you soon. )

Kozatsky was so amazed at his mother's words that he shared the message with his fellow soldiers in an effort to raise morality when their souls and morals were perhaps at their weakest point.

Just days later, his photo was published everywhere, and within a week Ukraine negotiated a safe passage for troops.

That picture was a miracle. It was a ray of hope for me,” says Mrs. Yurchenko for Daily Oil from a café in Kiev.

“I just felt hope for the first time”, she says, lovingly petting a lead of her son's famous photograph.

But with the final fate of the Azov Regiment still unknown after their surrender to the Russians, the mother of two children requires caution.

For me, I won't believe the miracle is complete until my son is home to my”, she says.

Voldymyr Zelensky's regime has suggested it could turn them into an exchange for prisoners, but some Russian politicians have called for the battalion to be tried and executed.

“Cosatsky never wanted to become a soldier”, she insists. From an early age, he was obsessed with botanicals and did not like anything more than to make his beloved mother flower bouquets.

He ran a radio show in his spare time, until he saw his friends beaten in Kiev's streets during the Maidan Revolution against President Victor Janukovic's pro-rus regime in 2014.

This changed it. I saw him be transformed by a happy young man into a serious man over the next year”, his mother says.

Kozatsky abandoned the university to join the revolution despite desperate prayers from his mother and father, Yuri, 58, to complete his studies.

A year later he joined the army, and eventually in 2017, the Azov Battalion.

“Of course it was difficult, but I supported it to go into the army. It was his” decision, his mother says.

He joined the Azov Battalion because he said they were more like a band of brothers than a military unit.

He liked the fact that nobody was above anybody. He loved society and loved Marioupolis, she added.