Yevhenii S. Pashniuk-Pashniev (Zhym, Tavryd, Fitil)

Main Sergeant Yevhen Pashnyuk-Pashnyev (call sign Zhym) was killed on July 29, 2022, in captivity in the village of Olenivka, Donetsk region. The defender's life was cut short by a Russian terrorist attack. Yevhen was 29 years old. He was born in the village of Velyka Oleksandrivka in the Kherson region. After finishing school, he enrolled in the Berislav Professional Pedagogical College. He was a very creative person - he loved photography, painting, and writing poetry. Since 2012, he has been serving under contract in military unit 3056 of the National Guard of Ukraine. In January 2022, he became a serviceman of the separate special forces unit "Azov". At the beginning of the full-scale war, he stood defending Mariupol. He held the position of a grenade launcher. "This is my son, the meaning of my life. He has been protecting me all his life, and he is protecting me now," said his mother Natalia. Yevhen was buried at the Berkovets cemetery in Kyiv. He is survived by his parents, brother, sister, and grandmother. Yevhen Pashnyuk-Pashnyev was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage, 3rd degree.