Fedir M. Lopatskyi

Born on September 17, 1978, in the village of Surazh, Shumskyi district, Ternopil region. Since 2002, he lived with his family in the village of Stepanyvka, Bilohirskyi district, Khmelnytskyi region. In 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 128th Separate Mountain Infantry Brigade of the Transcarpathian Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1556, city of Mukacheve, Transcarpathian region). Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in eastern Ukraine. On January 25, 2015, soldier Lopatetsky was killed in battle for the stronghold "Valera" (height 307.5) near the village of Sanzharivka, Artemivsk (now Bakhmut) district of Donetsk region during the fighting for the city of Debaltseve. As a result of the battle, Ukrainian troops repelled the attack of Russian-terrorist groups on the stronghold and destroyed two T-64 tanks, one T-72 tank, and a significant number of enemy personnel. They also managed to capture the driver-mechanic of one of the damaged tanks. Unfortunately, in this battle, 7 defenders of the "Valera" stronghold were killed. On February 5, 2015, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Stepanyvka, Bilohirskyi district.