Viktor V. Dudar

44-year-old soldier Viktor Dudar (call sign Lambada, Journalist) was killed on March 2, 2022 in battles for the Mykolaiv region. Near the city of Voznesensk, he covered a grenade launcher on the roof of a school. Four grenade launcher shots were fired, two of which did not work. After leaving the position, Viktor returned for the ATGM cord and was killed by a sniper's bullet. Viktor was born in the village of Peremyliv, Ternopil region. He was a lawyer by profession. He graduated from the Economic and Legal Institute in Chernivtsi and the Kharkiv Law Academy. He lived with his family in the city of Zhovkva, Lviv region. He worked as a journalist in the newspaper "Express" for over 10 years. He was interested in history and loved bicycle rides. In 2014-2015, he participated in the ATO, and with the start of the full-scale war, he went to the front again. He fought in the ranks of the 80th separate airborne assault brigade. He held the position of rifleman. Viktor was awarded the medal "Participant of the ATO" and the award "Knight's Cross of the Volunteer", and posthumously - the Order "For Courage" of the III degree, as well as the award "Honor of the Profession". "In 2020, Viktor wrote: 'Day of remembrance. Do not whine for the fallen. They are Warriors, and you should envy them. Someone says there is no greater love than to die for friends, someone says there is no better death for a man than in battle, someone wants to go to Valhalla. Brothers, this is your choice. The main thing is that it is for UKRAINE. Somehow my friend said: 'God has already taken the best of us. And we, the sinful, still have to fight.' Memory to the fallen! And the living and sinful will still try!" - shared the wife of the fallen warrior. The defender was buried in the Field of Honorary Burials of the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv. At home, he was awaited by his mother Myroslava, sister Ruslana, wife Oksana and daughter Sofiya. Viktor Dudar was posthumously awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of the cities of Zhovkva and Khorostkov. In his native village of Peremyliv, a memorial plaque was installed in honor of the defender. The wife wrote the book "Diaries of a Widow" dedicated to her husband.