Veniamin S. Kulykov

Born on March 26, 1982, in the city of Kherson. Graduated from a general education school in the city of Kherson. Worked in the installation of gas equipment. In August 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Served in the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0501, village of Kluhino-Bashkyrivka, Chuhuiv City Council, Kharkiv region). From the fall of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. Fought in the Luhansk region. Was wounded three times. Subsequently, he transitioned to military service under contract. Served as a sanitary instructor in the 21st Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion of the 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit field post V2604). Again participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. Call sign "Sanitary." On January 1, 2017, a conflict arose near a grocery store in the park of the urban-type settlement of Donske, Volnovakha district, Donetsk region, between a group of military personnel and civilians. As a result of gunfire, serviceman Veniamin Kulikov was killed, and two other residents of the Volnovakha district were hospitalized. On January 4, 2017, he was buried at the memorial for fallen soldiers of the anti-terrorist operation at the Geologists Cemetery in the city of Kherson.