Ivan V. Molchan (Skelet)

Ivan Volodymyrovych Molchan was born on October 6, 2002, in the village of Revne, Boryspil District, Kyiv Oblast. He graduated from Revniv Secondary School of I-III degrees and was involved in athletics, for which he received awards. He enrolled in the Odesa Military Academy but left after a month. He enjoyed studying military affairs. For a year and a half, he worked professionally in photography and videography, shooting short videos set to music and stand-up shows. He mastered Davinci Resolve and Adobe Photoshop, studied musical arts, sang in a band, and played the guitar. He loved traveling and hiking, where he filmed materials for his portfolio. For example, he took a train to Lviv and then went to the Carpathians, where he spent six days. He was a senior soldier and gunner-operator of the 2nd section of the 2nd platoon of the operational assignment 3rd company of the operational assignment 1st battalion of the operational assignment of the Special Forces Unit "Azov." He was killed on March 4, 2022, in battles against Russian occupiers during the defense of the city of Mariupol in the Donetsk Oblast.