Soldier-prototype of the hero of the novel Ilovaisk at a public event

A middle-aged man with a beard and grey streaks in a grey shirt speaks into a microphone at a public event. He is the soldier who became the prototype of the hero in the novel Ilovaisk, recounting how he saved a girl from a shot-up car in 2014. The frame conveys the gravity and emotional depth of his wartime memories.