Yurii L. Oliferchuk

Born on October 30, 1992, in the city of Rivne. Lived in the village of Berezovyi Hrud in the Luhynskyi district of the Zhytomyr region. Graduated from the Radohoshchansky educational complex "General Education Institution of I-III levels - Preschool Educational Institution" in the village of Radohoshcha, Luhynskyi district. Served mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Worked in construction in Kyiv. On March 18, 2014, mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Served as a reconnaissance sniper 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 spring-summer 2014, participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On July 11, 2014, in the area of the city of Oleksandrivsk, a column of Ukrainian troops, which included soldier Oliferchuk, was ambushed by terrorists. The enemy captured military equipment. Soldier Oliferchuk personally led the reconnaissance unit in repelling the military equipment in the absence of the commander. He was killed during the battle. On July 15, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Berezovyi Hrud in the Luhynskyi district of the Zhytomyr region.