Serhii A. Zlatiev (Chornyi)

Born on May 25, 1991, in the village of Lenine, Frunzivskyi District (since 2016 - the village of Torosove, Zakharivskyi District) of Odesa Oblast. Served under contract in the 79th Separate Airborne Brigade of the High Mobility Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0224, Mykolaiv city). In March 2014, he served at checkpoints in Kherson Oblast on the administrative border with the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, occupied by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Since the spring of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. Call sign "Chornyi." On September 28, 2014, a column of Ukrainian military vehicles moving towards the old terminal of Donetsk International Airport came under fire from Russian-terrorist groups from the direction of Putilivska Roscha Street in Donetsk. During the battle, the BTR-80 armored personnel carrier leading the column was hit by a Russian T-72 tank, resulting in the deaths of 5 servicemen from the 79th Airborne Brigade, including Sergeant Zlatev. Since then, he was considered missing in action. Identified through DNA testing. In February 2016, he was buried at the Western Cemetery in Odesa.