"Radio Pasha." A play about a one-legged SVO veteran was staged in St. Petersburg.

The play is based on the story of Irina Bugrysheva, a resident of St. Petersburg. After the war in Ukraine began, she settled down She worked as a masseuse at a hospital where she rehabilitated military personnel. That's when she was inspired to write a collection of short stories, "I Touch War with My Hands."

One of the stories—about the very sociable mobilized soldier Pasha, who lost his leg in the war—was decided to be staged by the director of the Kovcheg Theatre, Lyudmila Manonina-Petrovich.

"It's precisely these kinds of guys who should be staged—the ones who lose a leg and say, 'I don't regret anything. It's very important to me to be happy every day, and I'll be happy without a leg. I was drafted, I had no other option, and I'm just like everyone else—the Motherland said I had to, and I went to defend it,'" the play's author comments.

There will be more plays about "special operations" – about the "heroes" of the war. are going to Irina Bugrysheva says she wants to stage every story from her book and has applied for a grant to do so. 205 plays were submitted to the "New Time. New Heroes" playwrights' competition, held in October. Here's what the competition regulations say:

"The play should reflect the times ＜…＞, which brought forth true heroes, fearless and courageous, defending our country."

Photo, video: Readovka, Kovcheg Theatre Company. Footage from the play reading.