Roman M. Pushkar (Kok)

Younger Sergeant Roman Pushkar (call sign Cook) was killed on July 5, 2023 while carrying out a combat mission near the village of Novodarivka in the Zaporizhia region. The next day, the defender would have turned 43 years old. Roman was born in the village of Nyzhniy Strutin in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. He lived in the village of Novoselytsia in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. He received a secondary education. In civilian life, he worked at the Ivano-Frankivsk construction company "Euro-House". He devoted his free time to his family. During the full-scale war, the man joined the ranks of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 501st separate battalion of the 36th separate brigade of the Marine Corps. He held the position of squad commander - commander of a combat vehicle. Together with the unit, he defended the Bakhmut direction of the Donetsk region, and then went to the Zaporizhia region. "Such as him no longer exist. He was the universe, the support, the support for us and our little sons... Your soul cries with rain from the sky... And mine - washes with tears on the ground. Eternal and bright memory to you, my beloved," wrote the wife of the fallen Maria. The marine was buried in the village of Novoselytsia in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. Roman is survived by his mother, wife, two sons, two sisters, and five nieces and nephews.