Vladyslav Yu. Oriol (Orol)

Serviceman Vladyslav Oriol was killed on September 30, 2023, while carrying out a combat mission in the village of Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region. The defender was 19 years old. Vladyslav was born in the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. He studied at the local school No. 11. In his free time, he loved to do sports, particularly boxing and football. A month after Vladyslav turned 18, he signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He held the position of senior rifleman in the 81st separate airmobile brigade. On April 8, 2022, during the Russian shelling of the Kramatorsk railway station, he helped the territorial defense with the evacuation of the victims. He was awarded the "Veteran of War" badge. His relatives, friends, and comrades-in-arms remember him as a sincere, caring, honest, fair, sociable, and hardworking person. "My son Vlad was very brave. He loved life and wanted to live, at the age of 19 he was making plans for the future, but this war did not allow him to fulfill them. I am proud of my son, the younger brother is proud of his brother, the grandfather is proud of his grandson," said Marina Kolbasova. Vladyslav was buried in the Alley of Glory in the village of Ivanivka in the Donetsk region. He is survived by his mother, brother, and grandfather.