Vadym M. Filippovskyi

Born on February 23, 1975, in the city of Pidhorodne, Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro) district of Dnipropetrovsk region. In 1990, he graduated from the 9th grade of secondary school No. 1 in Pidhorodne, and in 1993, he graduated from vocational technical school No. 2 in Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro) with a specialty in "Machinist." From June 29, 1993, to October 28, 1994, he served in the 5th regiment of the 4th division of the National Guard of Ukraine (military unit 4105, Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro)). Since December 1994, he worked in various positions at different private enterprises. On March 25, 2014, he was called up by the Samarsko-Industrial Combined District Military Commissariat of Dnipropetrovsk for partial mobilization into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a shooter in the 25th separate airborne brigade of the High Mobility Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1126, the urban-type settlement of Hvardijske, Novomoskovsk district of Dnipropetrovsk region). Since the spring of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On August 12, 2014, soldier Filippovskyi was killed during special operations conducted by the brigade in the area of the city of Vuhledar, Bakhmut district of Donetsk region. On August 16, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of Pidhorodne, Dnipropetrovsk district. On May 6, 2016, a memorial plaque was unveiled in the city of Pidhorodne, Dnipropetrovsk district, on the facade of the educational and training complex No. 1 (1n Shchaslyva Street), where Vadym Filippovskyi studied.