Ihor R. Bodnar

Born on January 13, 1983, in the city of Dnipropetrovsk (now - Dnipro). Graduated from a general education school. Mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Served as a sniper in the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1736 (field post V4533), Kirovohrad (now - Kropyvnytskyi)). Participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. Call sign "Sosied". On December 4, 2015, soldier Yevhen Krykunov was killed by shrapnel during the shelling of the brigade's positions near the urban-type settlement of Zaitseve in the Horlivka City Council (now - Bakhmut District) of Donetsk Oblast. Senior soldier Viktor Melnyk was killed alongside him. Buried at the Krasnopil Cemetery in the city of Dnipropetrovsk (now - Dnipro).