Hennadiy Kharchenko is a historian, translator and economist by education, a resident of Zaporizhia. In the spring of 2014, Gennady voluntarily joined the military enlistment office, and in the summer he became a gun commander in the third howitzer battery of the 55th separate artillery brigade. The most important events of the period of active participation of the artillery brigade in the anti-terrorist operation are reproduced in the book. The book tells the story of people who decided to take up arms to defend their honor and their right to live freely on their land. And also about those who took the most active part and provided assistance in the formation and development of units of the Zaporozhye Brigade.
"Diary of a Gunner" tells about the war without pathos, tension and high notes. The author hardly uses the word "hero", not because there were none near him. Just war is hard work.