Yaroslav O. Ostapchuk

Born on December 6, 1980, in the city of Novograd-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr region. Graduated from general education school No. 7 in Novograd-Volynskyi. Served mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Lived in the village of Tesnivka, Novograd-Volynskyi district, Zhytomyr region. Worked as a mechanic. In the spring of 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Served as a senior mechanic-driver of the reconnaissance platoon of the reconnaissance company of the 30th separate mechanized brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0409, city of Novograd-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr region). From spring-summer 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. Participant in the battles for the strategically important height of Savur-Mohyla (Shakhtarsk district of Donetsk region), for the village of Stepanyvka in the Shakhtarsk district of Donetsk region. On August 14, 2014, soldier Ostapchuk was killed as a result of the explosion of an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) on a mine in the area of the village of Stepanyvka, Shakhtarsk district of Donetsk region. On August 20, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Tesnivka, Novograd-Volynskyi district, Zhytomyr region.