Yurii B. Savchenko

Born on May 6, 1989, in the village of Velyka Zahorivka, Borzna district, Chernihiv region. In 2007, he graduated from the general education school of the village of Velyka Zahorivka, Borzna district, and in 2008 - from the Chernihiv Higher Vocational School of Household Services, obtaining the profession of "Locksmith-electrician for the repair of electrical equipment." From 2008 to 2010, he studied at the Brovary Vocational Lyceum (Brovary city, Kyiv region) specializing in "Cook-confectioner." On November 3, 2010, he was drafted by the Borzna District Military Commissariat of Chernihiv region for compulsory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Since 2010, he served under contract in the 169th Training Guards Zvenyhorodskyi Red Banner and Suvorov Center of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0665, the urban-type settlement of Desna, Kozelets district, Chernihiv region). Then in the 197th Training Center for Non-Commissioned Officers of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A4224, the urban-type settlement of Desna, Kozelets district, Chernihiv region). Since July 14, 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. He served as a shooter in the mechanized platoon of the mechanized company. On August 31, 2014, Senior Sergeant Savchenko was killed as a result of intense shelling during combat duty at a checkpoint in the area of the city of Debaltseve, Donetsk region. Along with him, Captain Bondarenko, Senior Sergeant Tytoк, and Sergeant Shelepaev were killed. On September 3, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Velyka Zahorivka, Borzna district. In April 2015, memorial plaques were unveiled in the village of Velyka Zahorivka, Borzna district, and in October 2015 in the urban-type settlement of Desna, Kozelets district, on the houses where Yuriy Savchenko lived. On May 5, 2017, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the facade of the general education school building (Central Street, 9A) in the village of Velyka Zahorivka, Borzna district, where Yuriy Savchenko studied. On December 6, 2017, a Memorial to fallen servicemen of the 169th Training Center was opened on the territory of the military unit in the urban-type settlement of Desna, Kozelets district, among whom is the name of Yuriy Savchenko.