Dmytro V. Rotozii

Born on September 29, 1993, in the city of Horodnia, Chernihiv Oblast. In 2010, he graduated from the Horodnia District Gymnasium (city of Horodnia), then from Chernihiv Higher Vocational School No. 15. He served his mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On March 20, 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 1st Separate Guards Tank Novgorod Order of the Red Banner, Kutuzov, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Alexander Nevsky, and Red Star Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1815, urban-type settlement Hontcharivske, Chernihiv District, Chernihiv Oblast). From June 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. He was a participant in the defense of the International Airport "Luhansk." On September 1, 2014, Junior Sergeant Rotozii was killed by a tripwire explosion during reconnaissance aimed at identifying routes for tank withdrawal in the area of the urban-type settlement of Heorhiivka, Luhansk District. Along with him, Warrant Officer Zhenzherukha was killed. Until August 2015, he was considered missing in action. After a DNA examination, it was established that he was buried as an unknown soldier at the Krasnopil Cemetery in the city of Dnipropetrovsk (since 2016 - the city of Dnipro). On August 29, 2015, he was reburied at the cemetery in the city of Horodnia.