Volodymyr R. Popovych

Born on April 16, 1985, in the village of Hryada, Zhovkva district, Lviv region. In 2001, he graduated from the 9th grade of the general education school in the village of Hryada, Zhovkva district. He served his mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the spring of 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 24th Separate Mechanized Samaro-Ulyanivsk Berdychiv Iron Order of the October Revolution, three-time Order of the Red Banner, and Orders of Suvorov and Bohdan Khmelnytsky Brigade named after Prince Daniel of Galicia of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0998, Yavoriv, Lviv region). Since the spring of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On July 11, 2014, in the area of the village of Zelenopillya, Sverdlovsk (since 2016 - Dovzhansky) district of Luhansk region, around 4:30 in the morning, Russian-terrorist groups shelled the base camp of Ukrainian soldiers with BM-21 "Grad" multiple rocket launchers. As a result of the shelling, 7 servicemen of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and 30 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, including Volodymyr Popovych. On July 19, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Hryada, Zhovkva district. On January 4, 2015, in the village of Hryada, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the facade of the general education school (Shevchenka Street, 40), where Volodymyr Popovych studied.