Yevhen V. Volosevych

Born on June 25, 1986, in the village of Kropyvnya, Korostyshiv district, Zhytomyr region. Graduated from the general education school of the village of Kropyvnya. Worked in a granite processing workshop of one of the enterprises in the Korostyshiv district. In the spring of 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Served as a driver in 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 the summer of 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. In August 2014, as part of a unit, he was encircled in the area of the village of Stepanyvka. On the night of August 12 to 13, 2014, the command decided to break out of the encirclement. The column consisted of three vehicles with 13 soldiers, and soldier Volosevych was driving the first vehicle. The vehicles were moving from the village of Velyka Shyshivka in the Shakhtarsk district to the village of Mala Shyshivka in the Amvrosiivskyi district of Donetsk region. During the movement, the column was fired upon by militants. As a result of the shelling, soldier Volosevych, who was the driver of the "Volkswagen" vehicle, was killed. Since then, the serviceman was considered missing in action. He was identified through DNA testing. On February 18, 2016, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Kropyvnya, Korostyshiv district, Zhytomyr region.