Valentyn V. Klymchuk (Runa)

Klimchuk Valentin Vasilyovych was born on February 25, 1996, in the village of Stadnytsia, Vinnytsia region. Valentin went to the front line in 2014, as soon as he turned 18. At that time, he had just completed his studies at the Vinnytsia Higher Vocational School in the specialty of "Electric Gas Welder". As part of the 59th Separate Motorized Brigade, Valentin Klimchuk went through three rotations in the combat zone. He was demobilized in 2017. Later, he worked at a factory, in construction, and abroad. With the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of the territory of Ukraine, he was mobilized and was at the forefront, holding the military position of a scout. In July 2022, during the assault on enemy positions in the Mykolaiv region, Valentin Klimchuk personally blew up two Russian dugouts and captured enemy combat documents. When the ammunition ran out, he found an enemy machine gun and covered the retreat of his reconnaissance group. He heroically died on July 12, 2022, from a sniper's bullet near the village of Lyubomyrivka, Mykolaiv region. He was buried in his native village of Stadnytsia, in the Vinnytsia region.