Andrii F. Beldiaha

Beldyaha Andrii Fedorovych was born on December 22, 1986 in the city of Semenivka in the Chernihiv region. In 2003, he graduated from the 11th grade of secondary school No. 1 in his hometown, and the following year he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Eastern Ukraine in 2014-2015, he served in the military under mobilization in the 41st battalion of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Chernihiv region. In November 2019, he signed a contract and joined the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Kostiantyn Ostrozkyi. There, he held the position of commander of the anti-tank platoon of the mechanized battalion, then returned home again. He worked as a forester in the Novhorod-Siverskyi Forestry. With the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine and was at the front line. He was killed on April 17, 2022 during a mortar shelling near the village of New York in the Donetsk region. The farewell ceremony for the deceased took place on April 22, 2022 in the city of Semenivka. The deceased was buried in the cemetery of his native Semenivka in the Chernihiv region.