Volodymyr M. Dudiuk (Dok, Doktor Smert)

58-year-old Senior Sergeant Volodymyr Dudiyuk (call sign Doc) was killed on June 14, 2022, while performing a combat mission in the area of the village of Berestove in Donetsk region. The fighter came under enemy artillery fire and received fatal injuries. Volodymyr was born in the village of Vilka-Pidhorodnenska, Volyn region. He lived in the urban-type settlement of Lokachi. He graduated from the Lviv Zooveterinary Institute. For some time, he worked as a veterinarian, then as a laboratory assistant at a local hospital, and later became an assistant pathologist. He loved animals, was fond of fishing, and collected coins. He was interested in history and everything related to it. Since 2015, Volodymyr has been participating in the ATO. He provided first medical aid to soldiers in hotspots of Donbas: Sievierodonetsk, Popasna, Hranitne, and Shchastia. Later, he signed a contract for military service in the 14th separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Roman the Great. He was the senior combat medic of the reconnaissance company. From the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion, Doc was on the front line. He took part in battles for Kyiv region, Kharkiv region, Mykolaiv region, and the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region. "My dad was a very good and kind person with a big heart and a great sense of humor. He always came to the aid of people, was a patriot of his country! He loved his children and grandchildren most of all in life. He always said that he went to war so that we wouldn't know what war is and so that those scoundrels wouldn't reach us...", said the daughter of the fallen soldier, Ivanna. The serviceman was buried in the urban-type settlement of Lokachi in Volyn, where he lived almost all his life. Volodymyr left behind his parents, wife, daughter, two sons, and grandchildren.