Serhii S. Ambros (Ambros)

Born on May 16, 1990, in Cherkasy. In 2007, he graduated with a gold medal from Gymnasium No. 31 in Cherkasy, and in 2012, he graduated from the Faculty of Construction of Cherkasy State Technological University with a specialization in "Industrial and Civil Engineering." He was a public activist in Cherkasy, a member of the initiative group "Zdravie," a member of the coordination council of youth organizations "Patriotic Initiative," and a participant in the football movement "Ultras Cherkasy." He participated in organizing the "Cossack Games," various patriotic events, and numerous ethnographic festivals. He practiced combat hopak. In the winter of 2013-2014, he was on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv, where he was an active participant in the Revolution of Dignity. In May 2014, he voluntarily joined the ranks of the special police patrol battalion "Azov" of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Donetsk Oblast (now the separate special purpose unit "Azov" of the 18th Operational Purpose Regiment of the Eastern Operational-Territorial Association of the National Guard of Ukraine). During his service, he rose from soldier to lieutenant. On June 23, 2014, in Kyiv at St. Sophia Square, he took an oath of allegiance to the people of Ukraine. From June 24, 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in Eastern Ukraine. He was buried on February 21, 2015, at the cemetery in Cherkasy.