Ivan I. Bludov (Fokus)

Senior Lieutenant Ivan Bludov (call sign Focus) was killed on August 28, 2022, near the village of Ruska Lozova, Kharkiv region. Ivan was 56 years old. He was born in Kharkiv. He received secondary education. In 2005, he came to work on the railroad. He started working as a machinist-boiler operator at the Krasnograd thermal power station of the Southern Railway. He also worked as a platform controller and station worker. He lived in the village of Berestovenka in the Kharkiv region. In his free time, he loved to fish. "He conscientiously approached the performance of his official duties, enjoyed the respect of the management and colleagues, was kind and communicative," colleagues said about the deceased defender. In March 2022, the man joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was the head of the platoon in the Krasnograd territorial defense. The soldier left behind a wife and two daughters. Posthumously awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi III degree.