Viktor P. Pitsul

Born on June 22, 1990, in the city of Chernivtsi. Graduated from secondary school No. 18 (since 2009 - Chernivtsi Multidisciplinary Lyceum No. 4) in Chernivtsi, vocational technical school in Chernivtsi, and Chernivtsi Industrial College. In 2010-2011, he served his mandatory military service in the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Odesa region). After the army, he worked at the municipal enterprise "Chernivtsimisklift" in Chernivtsi. In April 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 87th Separate Airborne Battalion of the 80th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Red Banner Order of the High Mobility Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A2582, Chernivtsi). From May 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On June 17, 2014, from the city of Shchastia in the Luhansk region, a group of fighters from the 2nd company of the 87th Separate Airborne Battalion, which included Senior Soldier Pitsul, left on three BTR-80 armored personnel carriers to assist the fighters of the volunteer battalion "Aidar," who were engaged in combat with Russian-terrorist groups. In the area of the village of Metalist in the Slovianoserbsk district of the Luhansk region, the group of paratroopers was ambushed. As a result of the battle, 9 servicemen were killed, including Senior Soldier Pitsul. On June 22, 2014, he was buried at the Alley of Glory in the Central Cemetery of Chernivtsi. On December 14, 2016, a memorial plaque was unveiled in Chernivtsi on the facade of the building of Chernivtsi Multidisciplinary Lyceum No. 4 (18A Nebesnoi Sotni Street), where Viktor Pitsul studied.