Illia M. Zhabitskyi

Born on April 30, 1991, in the city of Magadan (Russian Federation). Since 1992, he lived in the city of Vinnytsia. He graduated from the 9th grade of Vinnytsia Secondary School No. 9, then attended the Vinnytsia Construction College (now the Vinnytsia College of Construction and Architecture of the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Vinnytsia). He studied at the Vinnytsia Trade and Economic Institute of the Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics (Vinnytsia). Since 2011, he served under contract in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He underwent military training at the 169th Training Center of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0665, the urban-type settlement of Desna, Kozelets district, Chernihiv region). He served in a military unit in the urban-type settlement of Voronovytsia, Vinnytsia district, Vinnytsia region. At the end of 2015 - the beginning of 2016, he underwent retraining at the 184th Training Center of the National Academy of Land Forces named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachny of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A2615, the village of Starychi, Yavoriv district, Lviv region). Since February 2016, he served as a machine gunner in the sniper platoon of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit field post V0927, cities of Sievierodonetsk/Lysychansk, Luhansk region). Since 2016, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On September 23, 2016, around 19:00, Senior Soldier Zhabitsky was killed during a mortar shelling of Ukrainian military positions near the urban-type settlement of Zaitseve, Bakhmut district, Donetsk region. On September 28, 2016, he was buried at the Glory Alley of the Central Cemetery in the city of Vinnytsia.