Mykhailo V. Momotok

Born on October 10, 1986, in the village of Velyka Mechetna, Kryvoozerskyi district, Mykolaiv region. He served under contract in the 1st Separate Battalion of the Marine Corps of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynskyi of the Marine Corps Command of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A2777, Mykolaiv city). He participated in the anti-terrorist operation and the Joint Forces Operation in eastern Ukraine. On September 11, 2019, warrant officer Obukhivskyi was killed as a result of a gunshot wound he received during shelling by Russian-terrorist groups of the positions of Ukrainian soldiers near the village of Pavlopil in the Volnovakha district of Donetsk region, while attempting to rescue the wounded sailor Linchevskyi from under fire. On September 14, 2019, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Luch, Vitovskyi district, Mykolaiv region.