Oleksandr R. Maksymovych

24-year-old fighter Oleksandr Maksymovych (call sign Malyi) died on October 30, 2023 near the Alabastrova railway station in the Donetsk region. While carrying out a combat mission, he received fatal injuries during an enemy ATGM attack. He was considered missing in action until February 2024. Oleksandr was born in the village of Smorodsk, Rivne region. He studied at the Smorodsk secondary school of grades I-II. In 2014, he entered the Sarny Higher Vocational School No. 22, where he obtained the qualification of a cook-confectioner. Later, he worked as a waiter in a restaurant in Rivne. In his free time, he loved to pick mushrooms and go fishing. On February 25, 2022, he took up arms to defend his Homeland from the occupiers. Initially, he held the position of a rifleman in the security company of the 1st department of the Sarny RTCK and SP of the Rivne region. In May, he joined the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, where he took the position of a rifleman in a mechanized unit. He defended Ukraine in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. From April 2023, he served in the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar", where he was a rifleman-medic. "My son was everything to me. He always helped, cared. He was sincere, responsible, and had a great sense of humor. After the war, he dreamed of getting married, as he had a girlfriend who was waiting for him," said the mother of the fallen Yevheniia Maksymovych. On March 21, 2024, the defender was buried in the cemetery of his native village of Smorodsk. At home, Oleksandr was awaited by his parents, sister, and girlfriend.