Vladyslav Yu. Skvortsov (Skvorets)

Vladislav Yuriyovych Skvortsov was born on July 29, 1996, in the village of Leventsivka, Novomoskovsk district, Dnipropetrovsk region. After a year, Vladislav's family moved to the city of Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro). In 2002, he enrolled in the 1st grade of specialized secondary school No. 9 with in-depth study of the English language. After completing 11 grades in 2013, he entered the Faculty of Social Sciences and International Relations at Oles Honchar Dnipro National University. In 2017, Vladislav graduated from the university and received a basic higher education in the specialty "Political Science". In 2019, he obtained a master's degree from the same educational institution. In addition to his civilian education, in 2017 Vladislav completed the military department of the Dnipropetrovsk Higher Educational Institution "National Mining University" (now Dnipro Polytechnic) in the specialty of training reserve officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a "Mechanized Platoon Commander". After completing military training, a training camp, and passing exams, he received the military rank of "Junior Lieutenant" in reserve. In 2017, he completed a course in tactical medicine. In the summer of 2020, he successfully completed the "Basic Military Sniper Course" and the "Improvised Explosive Device Disposal Course". In 2014, when he was still a minor, he came to the military enlistment office to sign up for the Anti-Terrorist Operation, but did not meet the age requirement. However, Vladislav did not stop and independently went to Kyiv, where he found an organization that was preparing young people for volunteer units. After training, he joined the volunteer battalion "Shakhtar", where he served until the end of 2014, gaining his first military experience. In 2018, Vladislav again volunteered for the 2nd hundred of the 8th battalion of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army, which at that time was involved in battles in Shyrokyne and Vodyane. The young man had always dreamed of a military career, and after serving in the volunteer battalion, he decided to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On October 24, 2019, he was drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a reserve officer and sent for 3 months of retraining courses to the Military Institute of Telecommunications and Informatization in Kyiv. After completing the retraining course, Vladislav was sent to the 74th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion, where he took the position of squad communications officer. During this period, he participated in combat operations in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In 2022, with the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vladislav Skvortsov, as part of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodny Yar", met the enemy in the Sumy region, in the city of Okhtyrka. He participated in the liberation of the city of Trostyanets. After that, he was immediately transferred to the Izyum direction, where he was killed on April 20, 2022. The soldier was buried with military honors on April 27, 2022, in the Krasnopillya cemetery in the Dnipropetrovsk region.