Denys A. Parfionov (More)

Serviceman Denys Parfionov (call sign Sea) was killed during a terrorist attack on the night of July 29, 2022, while in Russian captivity in the colony of the temporarily occupied village of Olenivka in the Donetsk region. The defender was 27 years old. Denys was the only son in the family. He was the whole universe for his mother. Inna Oleksiivna recalls that from childhood the boy was persistent, loved justice and always went to his dream. When he went to school, he dreamed of becoming a footballer - to play professionally, travel to tournaments and take prize-winning places. "When he grew older, he got hooked on boxing and mixed martial arts, where he also had successes and victories. In 2015, after graduating from college, he took up the defense of the country," said Inna, the mother of the defender. In a special unit of the NGU "Azov" Denys served in 2015-2018. Then he returned to civilian life. In his native Dnipro, he met his future wife. Denys and Viktoria got married. The mother of the fighter says that the young couple had wonderful relationships, they always understood and supported each other in everything. In 2019, the couple had a son Matvii - a little copy of his father. The husband became the support and pillar of his wife in raising the child. In 2021, Denys decided to continue military service and returned to the ranks of "Azov". From the first days of the full-scale invasion, together with his comrades-in-arms, he held the defense of Mariupol. "Even in such terrible conditions, the son found a minute to send an SMS message to say that he was doing well. He supported his wife and always asked her to cherish their little happiness, which he loved so infinitely. Matvii was only 2 years and 6 months old then," the defender's mother added. On January 16, they called Inna and summoned her to Kyiv for identification. And on January 22, they said goodbye to Denys in the capital according to all the traditions of "Azov". The next day, the warrior was buried in Dnipro. Denys left behind his mother, wife, son and other relatives. Posthumously, the defender was awarded the Order of Courage of the III degree and the Order of Courage of the II degree.