Yaroslav V. Tenditnyk (Poltava)

Born on December 14, 1980, in the city of Krasnoarmiysk (now Pokrovsk) in the Donetsk region. He graduated from a general education school. In 2014, he volunteered to join the 2nd Special Purpose Battalion (reserve battalion) "Donbas" of the Northern Operational Territorial Association of the National Guard of Ukraine (military unit 3027), where he served as a medical instructor. From the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. Call sign "Poltava." In August 2014, he took part in the battles for the city of Ilovaisk in the Donetsk region. On August 29, 2014, reserve soldier Tenditnyk, along with other servicemen, was exiting the "Ilovaisk cauldron" through the so-called "humanitarian corridor." The column was ambushed by Russian-terrorist groups near the village of Chervonosilskoye in the Amvrosiivskyi district of the Donetsk region. Together with other fighters, he reached the village of Chervonosilskoye. Reserve soldier Tenditnyk was killed that evening during an artillery shelling of the village of Chervonosilskoye from a severe shrapnel wound to the neck. He is considered missing in action. His body has not yet been found.