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Yukhymchuk Oleksandr was born in 1973 in the village of Povchyne, Novohrad-Volynsk Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast. Over the past 20 years, he lived in Rivne. Before conscription into the Army Oleksandr worked as the driver at an Ambulance Service Station in the city of Rivne.

In March 2014, he was called up to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, starting from spring Oleksandr was in the ATO Zone. He served in the 30th Guards Mechanized Brigade, permanently located in the town of Novohrad-Volynsk.  Oleksandr stood at checkpoints, repaired equipment. He was a humble guy and never asked for a vacation to visit his relatives, never was rotated.

Oleksandr died on January 24, 2015. Doctors suggest that the soldier died of acute coronary insufficiency. Oleksandr left a widow and an 18-year old daughter.

The soldier was buried in his native village of Povchyno, Novohrad-Volyn Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast.

According to the Decree of Rivne City Council №5756 on September 17, 2015, Yukhymchuk Oleksandr was conferred the title “The Honorary Citizen of Rivne”.… Читати далі

Oleksandr Borysenko was born in the city of Rivne. He graduated from Rivne Secondary School № 5. After this, he had been studying in the group №14 at the Technical College of the National University of Water and Environmental Management from 2008 to 2011. His qualification was the electrician of retail and refrigerating equipment. Having graduated from the college, Oleksandr joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

A twenty-one-year-old sniper served in the 30th Mechanized Brigade of the 8th Army Corps in the town of Novohrad-Volynskyi. He was one of the first people who were in Crimea during its annexation in March.

Oleksandr was severely wounded during the trench mortaring in the town of Lutuhine, Luhansk Oblast. He was delivered to the military hospital, but the doctors could not save the soldier. Oleksandr died on September 1, 2014. The Hero was buried on the Alley of the Heavenly Hundred at the cemetery “Nove”.

According to the Presidential Executive Order № 270/2015 on May 15, 2015, he was posthumously decorated with the Third Class Order For Bravery “for valor and high professionalism demonstrated in the protection of sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the military oath”.… Читати далі

A lieutenant-colonel of the Operational Command Center Agency “North” Vitalii Lavrenchuk was born in a military family on July 25, 1976, in the city of Groznyi, Chechnia. He dreamed of becoming a professional serviceman like his father since childhood, and for this reason, he persistently went towards his goal.

In 1993, Vitalii entered the Military College in the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi. However, in 1996, he left military service, and a year later, Vitalii was conscripted into the Armed Forces on the contract basis.

Shortly afterward, he continued studying at the Military-Engineering Department in Kamianets-Podilskyi National Agrarian-Technical University. After graduating it in 1988, Vitalii was enlisted at the command of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

He graduated from the National University of Defense of Ukraine in Kiev.

On September 16, 2014, a highly experienced career soldier and lieutenant-colonel of the Operational Command Center Agency “North” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vitalii Lavrenchuk was sent to the Zone of Anti-Terrorist Operation as part of the task group of the headquarters of Anti-Terrorist Operation in the sector “M” on the territory of Donetsk Oblast.… Читати далі

Ihor Voloshyn was born on November 17, 1985, in the city of Rivne. He studied at the local Center of Hope School.  He graduated from the Rivne Cooperative Professional College of Economics and Law and the National University of Water and Environmental Engineering where he was a student of the Economics Faculty. Ihor worked as an economist in the bank.

On May 16, 2014, he was called up to serve in the army (according to the Decree of the President of Ukraine # 454/2014 on “Partial mobilization in Ukraine”, dated May 6, 2014) by Dnipro regional military commissariat. Ihor served as a senior sergeant in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and machine gunner of the 39th territorial defense battalion “Dnipro-2”.

The twenty-eight-year-old soldier died at the checkpoint near the village of Kamianka, Donetsk Region on July 21, 2014. At 7 p.m. a minibus filled with explosive drove to the checkpoint and blew up. As a result, five soldiers, including Ihor Voloshyn, were killed.… Читати далі

Oliferchuk Yurii Leontiiovych was a scout-sniper of the 30th separate mechanized brigade of Land forces of Armed Forces of Ukraine, a soldier. He was born on October 30th, 1992 in Rivne. He lived in the Berezovyi Hrud village, Luhynskyi raion, Zhytomyrska oblast. He graduated from Radohoshchanskyi educational complex “General and pre-school educational institution” of the Radohoshcha village, Luhynskyi raion. He was in compulsory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was a construction worker in Kiev. On March 18, 2014 he was mobilized in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was a scout-sniper of the 30th separate mechanized brigade of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0409). Since the spring of 2014 he participated in the antiterrorist operation in the East of Ukraine. In July 11, 2014 in the town of Oleksandrivsk, Luhanska oblast the column of Ukrainian troops was ambushed by terrorists. There was soldier Oliferchuk. The enemy captured military equipment. Soldiers Oliferchuk personally headed the Intelligence Department in repelling an attack in the absence of the commander.… Читати далі