Illia M. Hrabar (Panama)

Defender Illia Hrabar (call sign Panama) was killed on December 24, 2022, in battle with the occupiers near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. 10 days before this, the soldier turned 33 years old. Illia was born in the village of Kapulivka, Dnipropetrovsk region. He stuwas killed in Lithuania, then graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. He settled in the Kyiv region. He worked in creative fields: design, music, dance. He built a career as a sound producer. With the start of the full-scale war, the man joined the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and stood up to defend his native country. In the summer, he managed to marry his beloved Maria. "You will always remain in my memory as you are in this video, smiling, cheerful and cheerful. You rejoiced in life regardless of the circumstances. He could laugh, just chewing mivina in the trench during the shelling. And he also knew how to joke endlessly about his mustache," wrote his comrade-in-arms Roman Bohuslavskyi. "I will remember you forever as a smiling sun, for whom kindness and cheerfulness were the only possible way to interact with people. This captivated and enchanted. I was so pleased that my little sister, my best friend, found a kindred spirit in you. I loved so much to be at your home, to dissolve in your quiet family life, in mocking conversations, in heated discussions about cinema / music / 'Formula 1'. You had a passion, and how happy I was that this passion was music. We come from quite different musical worlds, but the more ardently we tried to find some points of contact in them. But this will no longer be, from all this remains a bundle of memories. Farewell, brother. We love you very much and miss you," wrote the warrior's wife's brother Andrii Ursta. "This is my brother! This is my hero! My inspiration and my greatest support! He gave his life for what he loved. For his family, his country, our future. Unbreakable and strong. Even in the most terrible moments, you always gave me the strength and faith that everything would be fine! I love you! And I will always love you! Good son! The best brother! Good husband! Heroes never die!" wrote brother Nazar. The soldier was buried on the Alley of Glory in Bucha near Kyiv. Illia is survived by his mother, brother and wife.