🇬🇧 IN MEMORY OF FRIEND «TRAIN»

Recently, the German initiative group of Centuria conducted its second ascent of the Zugspitze — Germany’s highest peak at 2,962 meters.

The route stretched through the Partnachklamm gorge and the Rheintal valley. It involved dozens of kilometers of elevation gain, with the landscape changing from forests and river canyons to alpine meadows, cliffs, and the Zugspitzplatt glacial plateau.

The night hike allowed the group to make the most of daylight and a weather window. In just 30 hours of continuous hiking, navigating steep sections, the group reached the ridge — which offers a panoramic view of four countries — and successfully made their way back. In this way, they covered more than 40 kilometers in a short period of time.

This climb was dedicated to friend «Train», a Centuria legionnaire.

Denys Babiy, known by the alias «Train», was born on July 5, 1993, in the village of Salkove in the Kirovohrad region. At the age of nine, he moved with his family to Vinnytsia. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at the Odesa National Academy of Telecommunications. He was actively involved in free-fight and encouraged others to take it up; he later founded the Vinnytsia Regional Free-Fight Federation and was passionate about graffiti. His love of traveling by train earned him the well-known nickname «Train».

A legionnaire and one of the leaders of the Vinnytsia branch of Centuria. He served as a combat training instructor. When the full-scale war began, he joined the ranks of the «Azov-Kyiv» Territorial Defense Unit alongside his comrades from Centuria. «Train» formed the 3rd Company, which he led in defending the capital and the Kyiv region. Moshchun was liberated from the occupiers thanks to the military prowess of Commander «Train» and his soldiers. He participated in the attempt to break the siege of Mariupol.

On April 21, 2023, friend «Train» was killed fighting for Greater Ukraine in a battle against Russian invaders near Bakhmut. A month and a half after Denys’ death, his daughter Solomiya was born. On August 25, 2023, Denys Babiy was awarded the title «For Merits to the Vinnytsia Region». In the autumn of the same year, the former Verkharn Street, where Denys once lived, was renamed in his honor.

His example remains a measure: to look up to the best, learn from the best, and lead others — carrying the memory of the Heroes higher and higher.

Friend Train — on the shield!

Si vis pacem, para bellum.

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