Vitalii V. Rudyi

Born on August 31, 1984, in the urban-type settlement of Holovyn, Chernyakhiv District, Zhytomyr Oblast. Graduated from the general education gymnasium of the urban-type settlement of Holovyn, Chernyakhiv District, and in 2003 - from the Holovyn Higher Vocational School of Non-Metallic Technologies with the profession of "Tractor Driver-Machine Operator." Served in the military conscription in the ranks of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (since 2014 - the National Guard of Ukraine). After conscription, worked for some time in the police of the city of Kyiv. From March 20, 2014, served in the military under partial mobilization as the commander of a platoon of the airborne assault platoon of the 4th airborne assault company of the 2nd airborne assault battalion of the 95th separate airborne brigade of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1910, Zhytomyr). Since the spring of 2014, participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On May 13, 2014, while performing a combat mission to convoy (escort) 82mm mortar crews 2B-9 and food supplies to checkpoints, on the outskirts of the settlement of Oktyabrskoye in the Sloviansk District of Donetsk Oblast, around 12:30 PM, the column was ambushed. Militants attacked with grenade launchers and opened heavy fire with small arms. More than 30-40 attackers had arrived in the ambush in advance and were positioned along the river in the bushes. The first shots from grenade launchers hit the engine of the second armored personnel carrier, which caught fire, and the GAZ-66 vehicle. The servicemen engaged in battle, resulting in the deaths of 6 servicemen and 8 sustaining injuries of varying severity. Sergeant Rudy was also killed in the battle. On May 16, 2014, he was buried at the Smolyan Military Cemetery in Zhytomyr.