Leonid I. Krynychko

Born on May 29, 1975, in the village of Korytyshche, Novograd-Volynskyi district, Zhytomyr region. Since the late 1980s, he lived with his family in the village of Lviv, Berislav district, Kherson region. He graduated from the secondary school in the village of Lviv, then attended a maritime college. From May 28, 1993, to 1995, he served in the Ukrainian border troops (now the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine). During his service, he received the specialty of "master of electrical engineering means of fencing and alarms." After demobilization, he worked in agriculture and went abroad for work. On July 31, 2014, he was mobilized as a volunteer into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a grenade launcher in the 28th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0666 (field post V0095), the urban-type settlement of Chornomorske, Kominternivskyi district (since 2016 - Lyman district), Odesa region). He participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On January 25, 2015, soldier Krynychko was killed by a sniper's bullet that hit him in the temple, near the city of Krasnohorivka, Marinka district, Donetsk region. On January 29, 2015, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Lviv, Berislav district, Kherson region.