Sassy, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia,  His was father was killed by Chechen insurgents in the battle of Grozny in 1995. He was left to be raised by his mother. He was raised in a rather wealthy part of Russia, therefor giving him the opportunity of a favorable education compared to other children in the region. He was a very intelligent student in his classes. He wanted to be like his father so he went to military school studying to be an officer. He was in his mid20s he was out of military school and was sent to Ukraine as an officer to operate in the occupation of Crimea.  After the outbreak of AVM-FLA-19 in 2019 Sassy was reassigned as the CDC security Lead to help relations with the US and act as representative for Russia. After order come in to take researchers to Nyheim to further the fight against the infection, he and other reps would travel on the USS Delbert  D. to Nyheim.