Oleksandr V. Pasichnyk

Born on March 19, 1982, in the urban-type settlement of Chornyi Ostriv, Khmelnytskyi district, Khmelnytskyi region. Graduated from the general education school of the urban-type settlement of Chornyi Ostriv. In 2000-2001, he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 2nd company of the 101st separate guard brigade of the General Staff (military unit A0139, Kyiv). After the army, he served in the special unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "Berkut." In 2014, he was mobilized as a volunteer into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a medical instructor in the 8th separate special purpose regiment of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (military unit A0553 (field post V4252), Khmelnytskyi). Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. He was a participant in the battles for the city of Ilovaisk in the Donetsk region. On August 25, 2014, Sergeant Pasichnyk, as part of a group on an armored personnel carrier, was carrying out a combat mission to cover a reconnaissance group in the area of Savur-Mohyla height (Shakhtarsk district of Donetsk region). The cover vehicle came under artillery fire from Russian militants. As a result of the shelling, Sergeant Pasichnyk was killed. On August 31, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the urban-type settlement of Chornyi Ostriv, Khmelnytskyi district, Khmelnytskyi region.