Andrii I. Bevziuk (Brabus)

Soldier Andrii Bevziuk (call sign Brabus) was killed in action on July 26, 2022, defending the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region from Russian occupiers. The defender was 33 years old. Andrii was born and lived in Kyiv. He stuwas killed in action at the Kyiv Technical School of Electronic Devices. In 2012, he graduated from the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. Later, he received a lawyer's qualification at the National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. With the start of the full-scale invasion, Andrii, along with his father Ivan and brother Oleksii, joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They served in the 48th separate rifle battalion of the 72nd mechanized brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians. Andrii was a shooter-assistant of a grenade launcher. Initially, their unit participated in the defense of the capital and Kyiv region, and later went to Donetsk region. "We are all learning to live without you, but we miss you very much. You are the dearest person to us and a faithful son of Ukraine. You will remain so forever. God has given you eternal life in the Heavenly Kingdom and peace to your soul. Heavenly Kingdom, brother, and Eternal Memory! Glory to the Hero of Ukraine!", wrote Oleksii Bevziuk, who was killed in action six months after his brother's death, on December 7, 2022. "Fly, my dear, fly... Easy clouds for you... Until we meet in a better world, brother... You will no longer hug our dad, and you will not see your brother's successes, you will not kiss your wife and you will not say: 'I love you strongly!' You will not attend the graduation, you will not celebrate the weddings of your daughters, and you will not tell mom: 'Forgive me...' There is such hellish crying at home......And the whole family will be at the table, but you are not there: husband, brother, father, son!!! You are an Angel, you will fly over us and Victory will be ours!! You will protect us from trouble, we remember: you were killed by executioners...", wrote his sister Inna Spivak. The serviceman was buried at the Berkovets cemetery in Kyiv. Andrii left behind his parents, wife, two children, relatives, and friends.