Andrii Ye. Pokladov

Born on October 9, 1972, in the city of Nadym, Tyumen Oblast of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (now - Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation). From 1979 to 1985, he studied at secondary school No. 1 in Nadym. In 1985, he moved with his family to the city of Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast. In 1989, he graduated from secondary school No. 20 in Kremenchuk, and in the early 1990s, he graduated from Kryvyi Rih Aviation Technical College of Civil Aviation (now - Kryvyi Rih College of the National Aviation University) with the initial officer rank of "lieutenant," and in 2000, he graduated from Kremenchuk Institute of Economics and New Technologies (now - Kremenchuk University of Economics, Information Technologies and Management) with a degree in "Marketing," and then from Kremenchuk State Polytechnic University (now - Kremenchuk National University named after Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi). He studied in the postgraduate program at Kremenchuk National University named after Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi (Department of Geodesy, Land Management, and Cadastre), writing a candidate dissertation on the topic of water purification. Worked as a setup technician for aggregate machines and automatic lines, an auto mechanic, an aviation technician for instruments and electrical equipment at the aviation and radio-electronic equipment laboratory of Kremenchuk Flight College (from July to October 1993), a broker, a customs declarant, an economist at the specialized state enterprise "Ukrspetsyust" of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, head of the foreign economic relations department of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, head of the department of the Association for the Promotion of International Business and Development (Kremenchuk), head of the sales department at a euro-rubber production plant, head of the marketing department of the Open Joint Stock Company "Kremenchukpivo" (Kremenchuk), deputy director of the Closed Joint Stock Company "Kremenchuk Shoe Factory" (Kremenchuk), director of the Limited Liability Company "Industrial Group DFM" (Kremenchuk), acting head of the department of the Joint-Stock Shipping Company "Ukrrechflot" (Kyiv), director of production at PP "Prykhodko." In the spring of 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the Kremenchuk United Military Commissariat of Poltava Oblast. Initially, he served in the Kremenchuk United Military Commissariat. Later, he underwent training at the 169th Training Center of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0665, the urban-type settlement of Desna, Kozelets district, Chernihiv Oblast). After completing training at the training center, he served as the commander of an anti-aircraft battery of the 15th Separate Mountain Infantry Battalion of the 128th Separate Mountain Infantry Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1778, Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast). Since the fall of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. He was a participant in the battles for the city of Debaltseve in Donetsk Oblast. On February 19, 2015, Senior Lieutenant Pokladov was killed during the withdrawal from the urban-type settlement of Chornukhine in the Popasna district of Luhansk Oblast in the area of the city of Debaltseve in Donetsk Oblast. On March 4, 2015, he was buried in the Sector of Fallen Heroes of the Anti-Terrorist Operation at the Svyshtov Cemetery in Kremenchuk.