Olena V. Rikhter

Elena Viktorivna Rikhter was born on May 20, 1974, in Berdychiv, Zhytomyr region. From 1994, she served in the 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade. She held the position of senior operator of the secure communication section of the information and telecommunications node. During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, she was on the front line. She was killed on March 22, 2022, as a result of an enemy missile strike on the positions of Ukrainian defenders in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region. The farewell ceremony took place on March 31, 2022, at Kortbutivske city cemetery in Zhytomyr.