Volodymyr D. Savytskyi (Isaak)

Savytskyi Volodymyr Demyanovych was born on September 24, 1967 in the city of Zhytomyr. He graduated from Zhytomyr Lyceum No. 6, a vocational school of construction and design. Later, he graduated from the Poltava Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Command School. In civilian life, Volodymyr Savytskyi was a career military officer, having graduated from a military school, and later engaged in business and trained children in one of the Zhytomyr karate clubs. In 2014, he volunteered to join the 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade. Since the spring of 2014, he has defended the eastern border of Ukraine, and in October 2014 he defended the Donetsk Airport. "He was a man with a capital letter," says the deceased soldier's friend Valerii. "He was one of the commanders who defended the Donetsk Airport - they were called 'cyborgs'. And he was also a simple person and at the same time the pride of our nation. If there were more like him, everything would be different, and the world would be different." In 2022, Volodymyr Savytskyi returned to the front lines, to the ranks of the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade, where he was a company commander. He was killed on September 6, 2022 during an artillery barrage while performing a combat mission. On October 12, 2022, he was buried at the Smolyanskyi Military Cemetery in Zhytomyr. He is survived by his wife and two sons.