No one will be forgotten... New losses in the anarchist movement

From Pramen
July 19, 2024

This summer a series of tragedies continues for the BUR anarchist movement. Two of our comrades from Ukraine - Roman Lehar and Ruslan Tereshchenko - died in battle. Both fought against imperial aggression since the beginning of a full-scale war, and Ruslan also fought in 2014. Wars and repressions are taking away more and more of our comrades. Their names will go down in the history of anarchism, but, unfortunately, our ranks continue to thin out in a maddened, self-devouring capitalist world, in which every revolutionary counts.

But life is complex and can be taken away not only by the hands of tyrants, but also by accident. So, the weekend before last, our old comrade, an anarchist from Belarus, Alexander Pustovitov, died in a traffic accident . In addition to his revolutionary identity, he, like each of us, had other aspects of life: he was a traveler, including a fondness of traveling by bicycle. Having gone on his latest cycling trip, he died in an accident with a car near Warsaw. Sasha and I were connected by the experience together of activism and revolutionary struggle, as well as warm friendly relations. Every revolutionary understands that one day she may die in the struggle, and Sasha’s “doomsday,” more than once, could have looked completely different, but life presents unexpectedly sharp turns. The accident did what years of repression and political aggression of our enemies did not achieve.

We mourn and honor the memory of those who died, and we will continue our common struggle for freedom and equality. Every person repressed and killed along this path will remain in history and in our hearts. Their contribution to the common cause will not go unnoticed and no one will be forgotten, nothing will be forgotten.

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Two brief obituaries for Roman Lehar and Ruslan Tereshchenko, from the Resistance Committee's telegram page:

July 2, 2024

On June 09, 24, an anarchist Roman Legar was killed while performing a combat mission.

Roman's libertarian path was inextricably linked to the Revolutionary Action organization. At the beginning of the full-scale war, comrades from this organization joined an anti-authoritarian platoon. Roman was among them, and we knew him then as "Revny".

After the platoon disintegrated due to military bureaucracy, Roman joined the K12 unit in the Azov Brigade, wanting to be useful to the front. There, our friend got the call sign "Jesus" and was trained as an FPV drone operator.

Neither the hardships and privations of service nor the environment could break Roman, he remained true to his anarchist beliefs to the end and remained an open and cheerful comrade.

We would like to express our condolences and support to Roman's family and friends, as well as to his comrades in Revolutionary Action.

Roman Legar is forever in the ranks!

July 4, 2024

While we were waiting for the opportunity to tell you about Roma's death, his friend, fellow political activist and comrade-in-arms, anarchist Ruslan "Skrypal" (means The Violinist in Ukrainian) Tereshchenko, died in combat.

Ruslan was one of the few anarchists who realized the need to gain combat experience in 2014. He was one of the popularizers of combat training in anarchist circles. You could see him in the documentary about the anarchist underground in Kyiv by Popular Front.

After Roma's death, he tried to transfer to one of the units where a large group of our comrades serve. But, unfortunately, he did not have time to do so.

We would like to express our condolences and support to Ruslan's family and friends, as well as his comrades.

Ruslan Tereshchenko is forever in the ranks!