Volodymyr V. Didukh

Born on August 27, 1979, in the village of Verbiv, Berezhany district, Ternopil region. In 1994, he graduated from the 9th grade of the general education school in the village of Verbiv. He served his mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He worked as a driver at the Limited Liability Company "Verbiv," traveling to Poland for work. In August 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a driver-paramedic in the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1778, city of Mukacheve, Transcarpathian region). Since the fall of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. He took part in the battles for the city of Shchastia in the Novoaidar district of Luhansk region in the fall of 2014 and for the city of Debaltseve in Donetsk region in January 2015. Together with medics and representatives of the Red Cross, he saved dozens of wounded soldiers, repeatedly evacuating them from the battlefield to the hospital under fire and providing them with first aid. On January 31, 2015, soldier Didukh was killed by a fatal head wound from a shell in the area of the city of Debaltseve, Donetsk region. On February 7, 2015, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Verbiv, Berezhany district, Ternopil region.