Vitalii V. Kyrkach-Antonenko (Krasivyi)

Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Kyrkach-Antonenko was born on February 15, 1987 in Slovyansk, Donetsk region. He lived in the village of Maidan in the Donetsk region. He was a member of the All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda". Before the full-scale Russian invasion, Vitaliy and his wife were engaged in creative activities - they produced exclusive handmade porcelain and clay jewelry in their own studio, which they mostly sold on the international market. In 2014-2015, Vitaliy volunteered, selling goods through an online store and buying necessities for the 95th Brigade and other units. While digging trenches near Slovyansk, Vitaliy and his comrades found millennium-old millstones and decided to transfer them to the local history museum. Other soldiers found a sickle, an ax, a chisel, a box handle, and a knife, which date back to approximately the same period as the millstones. They agreed to transfer the finds to the museum, which was done. Vitaliy was killed on November 9, 2022, defending his homeland in the Svatove direction. He left behind a pregnant wife Natalia. On May 19, 2023, Vitaliy's widow gave birth to a daughter, whom they named Vitalina.