Vadym O. Pronin

Born on September 20, 1980, in the village of Ziatkivtsi, Haisyn district, Vinnytsia region. In early childhood, he moved with his family to the city of Horodok in Lviv region. From 1987 to 1994, he studied at general education school No. 4 in the city of Horodok. In 1994, due to family circumstances (after the death of his father), he returned with his mother and sister to the village of Ziatkivtsi, Haisyn district, Vinnytsia region, where he continued his studies at the local school. In 1997, he graduated from the general education school in the village of Ziatkivtsi. He served his mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He graduated from the Rivne Higher Vocational School of the State Guard Service under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (Rivne city, now - Rivne Higher Vocational School of the Department of Police Protection). He worked as an inspector for escorting cash transports in Kyiv. Recently, he lived in the city of Haisyn, Vinnytsia region. On August 1, 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as the chief sergeant - commander of a sniper squad in the 128th separate mountain infantry brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1778, city of Mukacheve, Zakarpattia region). From August 31, 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On November 4, 2014, junior sergeant Pronin was killed while performing a combat mission near the village of Ridkodub in the Artemivsk (now Bakhmut) district of Donetsk region, detonating a tripwire. On November 7, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Ziatkivtsi, Haisyn district, Vinnytsia region.