Viacheslav Miroshnyk (11.09.1971 – 04.24.2015)

Viacheslav Miroshnyk lived in the city of Rivne. After finishing the Comprehensive School #15, he graduated from the National University of Water and Environmental Engineering (NUWEE). After that, he worked as a private entrepreneur. Viacheslav had 4 children in the marriage.

In September 2014, he voluntarily joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine where he served as a senior lieutenant and a company executive office of weaponry. Viacheslav took to the military base his own minibus with the help of which soldiers transported the injured. While fighting near Debaltseve, he received a serious injury and suffered a severe concussion because of which he died at 9.30 a.m. on April 24, 2015, in Rivne Military Hospital.

Viacheslav was buried on the Alley of Heroes at the New (Young) Cemetery in Rivne.

According to the Presidential Executive Order #9/2016 on January 16, 2016, Viacheslav Miroshnyk was posthumously decorated with the Third Class Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi “for personal courage and high professionalism demonstrated in the protection of sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the military oath”.… Читати далі

Dmytro Sviderskyi (10.15.1994 – 04.06.2015)

Sviderskyi Dmytro was born on October 15, 1994, in the city of Rivne.

He lived with his mother. Dmytro graduated from the Economic Department of Rivne National Agrarian College. He was conscripted in August 2014. After undergoing study, from October 2014 Dmytro was sent to the Zone of Anti-Terrorist Operation. He was the youngest soldier in the battalion protecting Donetsk Airport later on called “Cyborgs”.

Performing combat task, Dmytro received a heavy wound near the town of Avdiivka on April 3, 2015. He was taken to the hospital of the town of Krasnoarmiisk with heavy injuries. From there a soldier was taken to the Mechnikov Hospital of the city of Dnipropetrovsk, but doctors could not save his life. On April 6, 2015, Dmytro died. The soldier left the only mother.

Dmytro Sviderskyi was buried on April 10, 2015, in Basiv Kut Cemetery next to the tomb of his father.

According to the Presidential Executive Order №461/2015 on July 31, 2015, Dmytro was posthumously decorated with the Third Class Order For Courage “for personal courage and high professionalism demonstrated in the protection of sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and loyalty to the military oath”.… Читати далі

Chernichenko Oleksandr A. (04.19.1968 – 03.29.2015)

Oleksandr was born in the family of a serviceman on April 19, 1968, in the town of Pidvolochynsk, Khmelnytskyi Oblast. There he went to school. Due to his father’s service, the family moved to the city of Odessa, where the young man studied. Oleksandr obtained his professional education in the Agricultural Technical School in Moldova.

He was called up for regular service to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After graduating from School of Warrants and Khmelnytskyi Academy of State Border Guard Service, Oleksandr was sent to the city of Chernivtsi. Performing the service duties of the Chief of Shcherbin Outpost, Oleksandr got injured in 1993. After the treatment, he continued his service in the city of Rivne. In 2008, in a rank of Captain Oleksandr was transferred to the reserve. Later, Oleksandr went to work at Volochysk Utility Enterprise «ZHEK».

In 2014, Oleksandr voluntarily went to Rivne Military Office, from where he was mobilized and sent to the 72nd Guards Mechanized Krasnohradsk-Kyiv Order of Red Flag Brigade.… Читати далі

Maksym Medviediev (12.10.1983 – 03.23.2015)

Maksym Medviediev was born on December 10, 1983, in the city of Rivne.  He held the rank of soldier, gunner, and paratrooper of the 95th Air-Mobile Brigade in the city of Zhytomyr. Maksym served in the 55th Signal Brigade on the contract basis in the city of Rivne. As a part of the brigade, he was in the Zone of ATO (the Anti-Terrorist Operation). Having served in the 55th Signal Brigade in the Zone of ATO, he volunteered for military service according to the partial mobilization after a quick rest. Maksym was sent for the conversion training to the 95th Brigade. During the conversion training on a military training area in Zhytomyr Oblast, Maksym suffered a heart attack that caused his death the day before sending to the Zone of ATO.

Maksym lived in Rivne and spent his childhood with grandparents in the village of Myrohoshcha.

At his wish, Maksym was buried at the cemetery in Myrohoshcha, Dubno Raion, Rivne Oblast.… Читати далі

Yevhen Riepin (08.18.1994 – 03.20.2015)

Yevhen Riepin was born on September 18, 1994, in the city of Rivne. He lived in Ivan Franko Street. He graduated from Rivne Technical College of the National University of Water and Environmental Management, specializing in Maintenance and Repair of Equipment of Enterprises of Chemical and Oil and Gas Processing Industry. In the 80 ‘s he served in the Air Cavalry Brigade in the city of Lviv.

He joined the Anti-Terrorist Operation as a volunteer. From November 2014 he was enrolled to the 81 Novohrad-Volynsk Air Cavalry Brigade of the Reconnaissance Squadron.

Furthermore, from November 2014 Yevhen became the machine gunner-reconnaissance man. He demonstrated exceptional abilities, and thanks to that he was transferred to the position of the sniper of the intelligence group, which he headed later. He commanded a number of successful raids.

He died on March 20, 2015. The tragedy occurred near the village of Vodiane (Yasynuvatskyi Raion), near the city of Donetsk. Yevhen together with a group of soldiers went to rescue his friend, got into an ambush and was mortally wounded.… Читати далі

Lebid Anatolii (08.27.1978 – 03.09.2015)

Anatolii Lebid was born on September 27, 1978, in the city of Rivne. He was a serviceman and a  senior warrant officer of the 55th Separate Signal Brigade. Anatolii served in the Military Unit A-1671.

According to the report of The Press-Center of the Operational Command “North”, Anatolii died on March 19, 2015, as a result of careless handling of weapons while performing the duties in Sumy Oblast. The senior warrant officer was 36 years old. Anatolii left a wife and two children.

On March 25, 2015, he was buried in the village of Olybiv, Dubno Raion.

On September 17, 2015, the City Council of Rivne issued the Decree №575 that conferred Anatolii Lebid the title of the Honorary Citizen of Rivne.… Читати далі

Oleksandr Yukhymchuk (01.30.1973 – 24.1.2015)

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

Borysenko Oleksandr O. (03.28.1993-09.01.2014)

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

Vitalii Lavrenchuk (07.25.1976 – 09.20.2014)

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

Serhii Huliuk (09.07.1981-07.31.2014)

Serhii Huliuk was born on September 7th, 1981, in the city of Rivne. He lived in Lutsk. He did military service in the Border Security Force for some time, and in 2002, he was conscripted to the army on a contract basis. Serhii Huliuk served as a junior sergeant in the Lutsk border detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

He had stayed in the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation since June 28th, 2014. On July 31st, 2014, the border guards were mortared by Russian mercenaries and soldiers in the Raion of Vasylivka. As a result of this confrontation, five border guards were killed, and 11 were injured. Sergeant Serhii lost his life on that day. The deceased left three children: two sons, 12 and 6 years old, and a 4-year-old daughter.

Serhii was buried on August 3, 2014, in the village of Zavyziv, Ostroh Raion.

According to the Presidential Executive Order №, 640/2014 on August 8th, 2014, Serhii Huliuk was posthumously awarded the Third Class Order For Bravery “for personal courage and heroism demonstrated in defense of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.”… Читати далі