Vasyl V. Yaroslavtsev

Born on October 10, 1980, in the city of Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro). Graduated from general education school No. 143 in Dnipropetrovsk and vocational technical school No. 18 in Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipropetrovsk Professional Construction Lyceum). In 1999-2000, he served in the ranks of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (now the National Guard of Ukraine). He served in the 1st company of special purpose of the 1st special purpose battalion of military unit 4114 (Lviv). Worked as a cash-in-transit officer for the State Guard Service under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (now the National Police of Ukraine's Security Police), then at the Open Joint Stock Company "Confectionery Factory 'Kvitin'" (Dnipropetrovsk). In the spring of 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a sniper in the 93rd separate mechanized brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1302, the urban-type settlement of Cherkaskoye, Novomoskovsk district, Dnipropetrovsk region). From spring-summer 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On July 10, 2014, a consolidated unit of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade, Right Sector, and volunteer battalions "Donbas" and "Dnipro-1," in which senior soldier Yaroslavtsev operated, advanced towards the village of Karlivka in the Mariinsky district of Donetsk region. At a checkpoint near the city of Kurakhove in the Mariinsky district of Donetsk region, a combat clash occurred between Ukrainian soldiers and separatists. During the battle, senior soldier Yaroslavtsev was killed by a sniper's bullet while trying to save an injured comrade. He was buried at the Krasnopil Cemetery in Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro).