Anton V. Lypov (Charnyi)

Soldier Anton Lipov (call sign Charnyi) was killed on March 29, 2023, in a battle with the occupiers near the settlement of Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region. The defender was 37 years old. Anton was born and lived in Kremenchuk, Poltava region. He obtained a profession as a programmer. He worked as a construction worker. He loved fishing and was interested in beekeeping. He was involved in sports, including boxing and martial arts. He started a family and had many plans. During the full-scale war, the man defended his homeland and his family. Initially, he joined the ranks of the volunteer formation of the territorial community, then fought in the ranks of the airborne assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was a machine gunner in the 81st separate airmobile brigade. He fought on the hot fronts. On the evening of March 23, 2023, Anton warned his relatives that he was leaving on a mission and would call back in 4 days. That day, he and his comrades-in-arms spotted a position. Their task was to hold it as long as possible. But soon the fighters lost contact. On March 28, the comrades decided to send a drone there. When they saw the comrades-in-arms, they were still alive. But the next day, during the enemy shelling, an enemy shell hit the trench where Anton was. "My father worked in Poland for a very long time and was tanned, so they called him Charnyi (Black). He was the kindest person I have ever met. He went to war with the words: 'I don't want young guys to go. I will be an example of courage for you.' My father and I were inseparable, he was my whole world. He always helped me, trained me in MMA competitions, supported all my endeavors. He was always with a smile. I followed the example of my father, because he always stood out from the crowd, he was always the first," said the warrior's elder son Illia. Anton was buried in his hometown. He left behind his mother, wife, two sons, and a daughter born in 2023, whom he did not have time to see.