The model shared part of her life as an army volunteer on her YouTube channel and had only been collaborating with Ukrainian soldiers for 3 weeks to stop the Russian invasion.
Is regarding Thalita Do Valle, the Brazilian model who joined the Ukrainian forces as a sniper to combat the Russian invasion of the country. According to slogan New York Posthis family reported that he died on June 30 from a missile attack.
The 39-year-old former model, he had arrived in the country barely 3 weeks ago and voluntarily joined the International Legion that was fighting for Ukraine. It was in the city of Kharkiv that he had his fatal outcome.
Do Valle passed away along with his partner Douglas Búrigo, also a native of Brazil. According to their relatives the bunker they were in was damaged by a missile. His brother, Théo Rodrigo Vieira, gave more details.
“There were successive attacks and the battalion was divided. Thalita went to the bunker where there was already a fire and the bunker was closed with her inside.“, he explained to the local media.
The last time the sniper spoke with her family was on June 27, a few days before her death. She there she had claimed to be fine, but the communication was brief, since the lines were being tapped.
“When we talked on the phone I wanted to know everything, but she said that she mightn’t talk much because the activities on the phone were being controlled by Russian drones. She called just to let her know that she was fine, ”said Vieira.
A Brazilian model in the army
Thalita Do Valle She was a model and actress in her youth, but before going to Ukraine he already had experience with the army. For example was a first responder and participated in a mission once morest the Islamic State in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
It was around this time that she received training to become a sniper, becoming part of the elite “peshmerga” group, the Kurdish armed forces who fought once morest the jihadists.
“He received training and took the necessary courses to go to the front line and when he entered the Kurdish army he specialized in precision shooting, with long weapons. Thalita was from the female army and integrated a front line with elite snipers”, said his brother.
Also, had already participated in several rescue missions in Brazil. Mainly in the disasters in Minas Gerais (in 2015 and 2019), which left dozens of dead. “She was a heroine and her vocation was to save lives, participating in humanitarian missions,” she concluded.
