Ihor V. Sholodko (Spets)

Born on October 10, 1965, in the urban-type settlement of Chernyakhiv, Zhytomyr region. Graduated from secondary school No. 36 in the city of Zhytomyr. Master of Sports of the USSR in sambo. Former investigator of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine. On August 4, 2014, mobilized by the Industrial-Samarsky Combined District Military Commissariat of the city of Dnipropetrovsk (according to other sources - the Krasnogvardeysky-Kirovsky District Military Commissariat of the city of Dnipropetrovsk) into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Served in the 74th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1035, urban-type settlement of Cherkaskoye, Novomoskovsk district, Dnipropetrovsk region). From August 29, 2014, participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On November 30, 2014, soldier Sholodko was killed while defending the Donetsk International Airport. On December 4, 2014, he was buried at the Smolyan Military Cemetery in Zhytomyr.