Oleh V. Slavitskyi

Born on August 9, 1975, in the village of Zoryane, Ruzhyn district, Zhytomyr region. For a long time, he worked in the agricultural enterprise named after Michurin in the construction brigade. In the spring of 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a shooter - a member of the service of the airborne assault platoon of the 4th airborne assault company of the 2nd airborne assault battalion of the 95th separate airborne brigade of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1910, city of Zhytomyr). Since the spring of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On May 13, 2014, while performing a combat mission to convoy (escort) the crews of 82mm mortars 2B-9 and food supplies to checkpoints, on the outskirts of the settlement of Oktyabrskoye in the Sloviansk district of Donetsk region, around 12:30 PM, the column was ambushed. The militants attacked with grenade launchers and opened heavy fire with small arms. More than 30-40 attackers had arrived in the ambush in advance and were positioned along the river in the bushes. The first shots from grenade launchers hit the engine of the second armored personnel carrier, which caught fire, and the GAZ-66 vehicle. The servicemen engaged in battle, resulting in the deaths of 6 servicemen and 8 sustaining injuries of varying severity. As a result of the battle, Sergeant Savitsky was wounded, and after receiving first aid, he was sent by helicopter to the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Northern Region (military unit A3306, city of Kharkiv), but during the flight, the serviceman died. On May 17, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery in the village of Zoryane, Ruzhyn district, Zhytomyr region.