Dmytro M. Dutka (Lys, Mitiai)

Dutka Dmytro Mykhailovych was born on April 27, 1999, in the village of Lisna Velesnytsia, Nadvirna district, Ivano-Frankivsk region. He studied at the Verkhnomaidanska Secondary School of I-II degrees. After graduating from school in 2014, he enrolled in the Higher Art Vocational School No. 3 in Ivano-Frankivsk and first received a diploma of a skilled worker, and then, in 2019, a junior specialist degree in "Decorative and Applied Art. Wood carving". Since the age of 16, he was a member of the Ukrainian National Self-Defense (UNSO). He was a cadet in the "Carpathian Legion" program. At the age of 18, he became an instructor in the program, as well as a horting trainer. After graduating, in August 2019, he worked as a worker on forest management work in the Nadvirna Forestry. On February 28, 2020, he signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, namely with the 80th separate air assault brigade, where he continued his service. In the summer of 2022, he underwent training in the United Kingdom as an unmanned aerial vehicle operator. He was killed on January 9, 2023, as a result of a hit by an enemy shell on the position where the warrior was located, near the village of Hryhorivka, Donetsk region. He was buried on January 14, 2023, in his native village. He left behind a wife.