Mykola V. Vandrovskyi (Fizruk)

Vandrovskyi Mykola Viktorovych was born on December 17, 1992, in the village of Kostičy, Bashtanka District, Mykolaiv Oblast. Captain, commander of the company of the 503rd Separate Marine Battalion of the 36th Marine Brigade. In 2016, he graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education and Defense of the Fatherland at Mykolaiv University named after V. Sukhomlynskyi. Immediately after completing his studies, he was called up for military service in the 36th Marine Brigade and, three weeks later, was deployed to the front lines. The officer began his combat path in the Mariupol direction, near the village of Shyrokyne. After the first rotation in 2016-2017, a second one took place, near the villages of Pavlopil and Hnutove. On May 21, 2021, he was awarded the Order of "For Courage" of the III degree. He was killed on March 3, 2022, as a result of an explosion from an enemy mine in Donetsk Oblast. He was buried in the village of Inhulka in Mykolaiv Oblast. He is survived by his parents, sister, brother, and wife.