The People’s Hero of Ukraine told about the defending Nyzhnia Krynka and the struggle of the reconnaissance men against superior strength of the occupant in 2014 at the programme of the military TV broadcast of Ukraine “Vоїн (Warrior) Is Me”.

Emil Ishkulov studied at the National Army Academy of Ukraine named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi. In 2014, he commanded by a reconnaissance platoon of the 25th separate airborne brigade. He was involved if the fighting near Amvrosiivka, Zelenopillia, Shakhtarsk, Debaltseve, Savur-Mohyla, Avdiivka, Toretsk, Shchastia and others. He is the People’s Hero of Ukraine. He is awarded with the order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi 3rd degree.