Serhii A. Matusevych (Makhor)

Born on February 4, 1992, in the village of Kryvets, Stavyshche District, Kyiv Oblast. In 2007, he graduated from the 9th grade of the general education school in the village of Kryvets, in 2009 - from the general education school in the village of Ivanivka, Stavyshche District, and in 2010 - from the Bila Tserkva Professional Lyceum (Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast) with a specialty in "automobile repair mechanic." In 2010-2011, he served in the ranks of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. On April 10, 2014, he was mobilized as a volunteer into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 51st Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A2331, city of Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Volyn Oblast - the brigade was disbanded in December 2014), then as a senior sapper of the engineering-sapper platoon of the 15th Separate Mountain Infantry Battalion of the 128th Separate Guards Mountain Infantry Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1778 (field post V4742), city of Uzhhorod). Since May 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. Call sign "Makhora." Participant in the defense of the city of Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast. On January 31, 2015, at 04:00, Russian-terrorist groups, supported by three tanks and artillery, launched an attack on the Ukrainian military's platoon stronghold "Vitaliy" near the urban-type settlement of Chornukhine, Popasna District, Luhansk Oblast. During the battle, Senior Soldier Matusievich received a severe head injury, from which he died on the battlefield. During this battle, soldier Mykhailo Hryhorishin and lieutenant Oleg Dovhyi also died. Since then, Serhiy Matusievich was considered missing in action. His body was identified through DNA testing. On July 1, 2015, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Kryvets, Stavyshche District, Kyiv Oblast.