Maksym Yu. Zdorevskyi

Maxim Yurievich Zdorevsky was born on October 22, 1985, in the city of Zaporizhzhia. He always wanted to devote his life to protecting people, so in 2002 he enrolled in the university of internal affairs. Within a few years, he was already fighting organized crime in the economic sphere: first at the Shevchenkivsky district department, and then at the central office of the regional administration. After the police reform, he continued his professional path in the strategic investigations department in the Zaporizhzhia region. Maxim was very responsible, always at the forefront, and any task was within his capabilities. "He came to us for an interview in 2011; he was presented as a decent, professional, good person. And since then, we have been together," says his colleague Alexander. "He was a dear person to me, someone I could fully trust." Together they went through many trials, completed numerous operational tasks, and always successfully. "These were both developments and drills. He was always ahead. A positive person," recalls Alexander. Maxim has 16 years of dedicated operational service behind him. Integrity, humanity, empathy, professionalism, and the ability to face any challenge with a smile—this is how his colleagues remember him, most of whom became true friends to Maxim. "During our work, we became very close and became true friends," says his colleague and police friend Vitaliy. "He always helped not only at work but also in everyday life." Service comrades recall that Maxim, despite his busy work schedule, always found time for his family, raising two children with his wife with great love. When the full-scale invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine began, from the first day, he served in his hometown with a weapon in hand, carrying out official duties at checkpoints. Police officer Maxim Zdorevsky died on September 30, 2022, during a massive missile strike on a logistics center for humanitarian convoy formation in Zaporizhzhia. That day, the Russian army shelled a column of vehicles leaving for temporarily occupied territory with S-300 missiles through a filtration camp near the city of Zaporizhzhia. "I immediately started calling him, but the phone was out of service," recalls his colleague Alexander about that terrible day. "I managed to reach the employees who were with Maxim in the ambulance; they said nothing, they just couldn’t utter those terrible words, 'Maxim is no longer alive.' Smiling, always ready to lend a friendly shoulder, hardworking and reliable—that's how Maxim will be remembered by his colleagues, friends, and family. Maxim Zdorevsky was posthumously awarded the rank of police lieutenant colonel.