Ihor M. Shevets (Poseidon)

Soldier Ihor Shevets (call sign Poseidon) was killed on September 7, 2022, while performing a combat mission near the village of Velyki Prokhody in the Kharkiv region. The warrior was 41 years old. Ihor Shevets was born in the village of Tovsta in the Sumy region. He lived in the village of Horke in the Kharkiv region. He graduated from the Kharkiv Center for Vocational and Technical Education No. 2, where he obtained the profession of computer typing operator and accountant. In 1998-1999, he stu at the Kharkiv State Polytechnic University, which he left of his own accord. He was passionate about and engaged in sports. Before the invasion, he worked as a supply chain manager at the Novo-Bavarsky Bread Factory. With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, he took up the defense of Ukraine, joining the ranks of volunteers. He held the position of a rifleman in the rifle platoon of the 227th battalion of the 127th separate territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During his service, he was awarded the medals "For Courage in Battle" and "For the Defense of the Hero City of Kharkiv," and posthumously received the Order of "For Courage" of the III degree. "The best father, husband, son, uncle, brother. Just, kind, polite, caring, loving, intelligent, brave, strong, courageous, with a wonderful sense of humor," said the deceased's wife, Yulia. The defender was buried in the village of Horke in the Kharkiv region. Ihor is survived by his parents, wife, daughter, relatives, friends, and comrades.