This conclusion should be a lesson for those brave keyboard warriors that stay behind their monitors thousands of kilometres away and congratulate the war effort regardless of side or political beliefs.
Dozens have spoken to Vito about leaving the area he was in for days on end. I had several lengthy conversations with him, all of them showing off Vitoniz as an incredibly intelligent person and a courageous soul.
But, this did not save him. It has not saved 100.000s on the Russian side, and it has not saved just as many on the Ukrainian side.
War is no flower power contest to glory. There are only so many Ghosts of Kyiv up there until it all turns into Bakmuts on the whole front. For this reason, we should look at such matters not through emotional lenses, but through facts.
It is indeed very saddening that he died, but he died doing what he believed in. He did not let himself be blinded by propaganda from either sides, and still chose to remain behind and fight. It is my hope that no other such news arrive here, as we have a sufficiently large community of Ukrainian and Russian players in Discovery.