Vladyslav S. Dudolad

Vladislav Serhiyovych Dudolad was born on May 6, 1997, in the town of Stary Saltiv in the Kharkiv region. After completing his mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he decided to dedicate his future to serving his homeland and joined the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in 2019. He served in the border protection units of the Kharkiv and Luhansk border detachments. From the beginning of the Russian invasion, Vladislav Dudolad courageously and selflessly carried out combat missions to repel and deter the military aggression of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and illegal armed formations in Luhansk. On March 4, 2022, a consolidated group of border guards, which included Vladislav, was performing combat tasks in the area of the village of Novokrasnyanka. After receiving an order for redeployment, the soldiers of the consolidated detachment set off for the designated area. During their movement to the destination, our defenders encountered Russian invaders who were advancing with the fire support of armored personnel carriers. The border guards engaged in a firefight with numerically superior enemy forces. Unfortunately, during the battle, Vladislav Dudolad sustained injuries incompatible with life. On April 12, 2022, Senior Sergeant Vladislav Serhiyovych Dudolad was posthumously awarded the military rank of "Chief Sergeant."