Anton S. Kyrylov

Born on December 12, 1994, in the village of Pishchane, Kremenchuk district, Poltava region. From 2001 to 2003, he studied at the general education school in the village of Pishchane. Since 2003, he lived in the city of Kremenchuk, Poltava region. In 2010, he graduated from the 9th grade of general education school No. 31 in Kremenchuk, and in 2013 - from Vocational School No. 7 in Kremenchuk, specializing as a "Universal Machine Operator. CNC Machine Operator." In 2013-2014, he worked as a lathe operator at the Public Joint Stock Company "Kryukov Railway Car Building Works" (Kremenchuk). From March 27, 2014, he served under contract in the 93rd Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1302 (field post V2830), the urban-type settlement of Cherkaskoye, Novomoskovsk district, Dnipropetrovsk region), with the last position being a senior shooter. Until July 2014, as part of the brigade's unit, he was stationed at the Ukrainian-Russian state border in the Luhansk region. From August 19, 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. He was a participant in the battles for the city of Ilovaisk in the Donetsk region. On August 29, 2014, soldier Kyrylov, along with other servicemen, exited the "Ilovaisk cauldron" through the so-called "green corridor." On the way between the villages of Mnohopyllya - Chervonosil's'ke - Osikove in the Amvrosiivskyi district of the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian unit fell into an enemy ambush. During the battle, soldier Kyrylov was killed. Since then, he was considered missing in action. On September 3, 2014, the body of Anton Kyrylov, along with the bodies of 96 other fallen in the "Ilovaisk cauldron," was brought to the morgue of the city of Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro). On October 16, 2014, he was temporarily buried as an unknown soldier at the Krasnopil Cemetery in Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro). In the spring of 2015, he was identified through DNA testing. On April 29, 2015, he was reburied in the Sector of Fallen Heroes of the Anti-Terrorist Operation at the Svyshtov Cemetery in Kremenchuk.