Leonid P. Baiba (Bai)

Soldier Leonid Bayba (call sign Bai) was killed on November 24, 2022 near the settlement of Opytne in the Donetsk region. In a battle with the enemy, he came under artillery fire and suffered a fatal explosive injury. The defender was forever 42 years old. Leonid was born in the village of Volodymyrivka, Vinnytsia region. In childhood, he moved with his family to the Zhytomyr region, to the village of Berezivka. There he stuwas killed at the local school. Then he graduated from the wind department of the Ivan Ohienko Zhytomyr Professional College of Culture and Arts. He served his military service in Zhytomyr, where he served as a musician in the orchestra. In civilian life, he worked as a builder and engaged in repair work. After marriage, he moved to Vinnytsia. He was interested in electronics. He loved to create various devices for which he made microchips himself - for example, he assembled a 3D printer himself, on which he made various parts. On September 13, 2022, the man was drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 53rd separate mechanized brigade named after Volodymyr Monomakh. As part of the brigade's reconnaissance, he carried out combat missions in the eastern direction of the front. "We got married to Leonid in 2002. We lived very well, loved each other, raised a son and a daughter. He was a wonderful and creative person. He played the guitar and baritone, sang very beautifully. He had a very good heart. He had an approach even to other people's children, who still remember him. Leonid was always cheerful and sincere. He was a beloved husband, a wonderful father, a loving brother and uncle, a faithful friend... When he was called up to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he went without hesitation. He always told me: 'For some reason they don't call me up.' He seemed to be waiting... His parents raised their son-Hero worthily," said Anzhela Bayba. The warrior was buried in the Alley of Glory of the Sabarivsky cemetery in the Vinnytsia region. Leonid is survived by his parents Olena Ivanivna and Pavlo Yukhymovych, his wife Anzhela, son Andrii, daughter Mariia, sister Nataliia and brother Volodymyr.