Ilimdar Khodzhametov, a Crimean Tatar fighter of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was awarded the "Defender of the Fatherland" order by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

Before the full-scale war, Ilimdar was an entrepreneur, public figure, and resident of the Q-hub organization. Until 2014, he was a member of the Alushta Mejlis and the head of the Central Committee of the Kurultay of the city of Alushta.

UA:SOUTH journalist Muslim Umerov spent May 18, the day of remembrance of the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people, with the military, so that Ilimdar Khodzhaametov could tell us his story.