Dmytro I. Hrytsyshyn

Sailor Dmytro Hrytsyshyn was killed on October 28, 2022, in battle with the occupiers near the village of Vodiane in the Donetsk region. The defender received fatal shrapnel wounds. He would have turned 36 on November 2. Dmytro was born in the city of Terebovlia, Ternopil region. He studied at the National University of Civil Protection of Ukraine. He worked on construction sites, then was a reinforcement worker at the "Kreator-Bud" enterprise. In his free time, he played football, basketball, and table tennis. He also loved fishing. During the full-scale war, the man was mobilized into the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 501st separate battalion of the marine corps of the 36th separate marine brigade. He was a gunner. "I loved and will love my Hero. He was a cheerful and merry person and a faithful friend. He treated little children with tenderness and loved animals. He respected the elders and was always ready to help. He called me 'mommy' and my brother 'older brother'. I often said that I was ready to give my life for him, but it turned out the other way around," said the mother of the fallen Lyubov Volodymyrivna. On February 1, 2023, the warrior was buried as an unknown defender at the Krasnopilskyi cemetery in Dnipro. After receiving the results of the DNA test on May 10, 2023, he was reburied in the cemetery in his native Terebovlia. At home, Dmytro was awaited by his parents, brother, niece, and other relatives and friends.