Dmytro V. Chaharyn (Taklberi)

32-year-old soldier Dmytro Chaharyn (call sign Tackleberry) was killed on April 19, 2024 near the village of Pervomaiske in the Donetsk region. In the battle with the occupiers, he received fatal injuries during a mortar attack. Dmytro was from the village of Noskivtsi in the Vinnytsia region. From an early age, he decided that he wanted to serve the people of Ukraine, so after school he enrolled at the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs. He then worked in the police in Vinnytsia. Before the start of the full-scale war, he resigned from the police with the rank of senior lieutenant. In the first days of the invasion, the man went to defend his country. At first, he was in the Territorial Defense Forces, and on March 2, 2022, he became a fighter in the military unit A0549 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During his service, he repeatedly received commendations from the command, and also received an award from the commander of the Kherson OVA. On March 2, 2024, he was transferred to the position of rifleman in the 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Yakov Handziuk. "He loved our country very much, always fought for justice. He was cheerful, even on the hard days of service, he always laughed and said that everything would be fine and we would win..." - said the wife of the fallen Iryna. The defender was buried in his native village. Dmytro is survived by his mother, wife and son, who was 6 years old at the time of his father's death.