Yurii M. Kostiv

Born on February 23, 1989, in the village of Starychi, Yavoriv District, Lviv Region. In 2006, he graduated from the general education school in the village of Starychi, then from the Lviv Technical and Economic College of the National University "Lviv Polytechnic." He served his mandatory military service in the Airborne Forces of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 24th Separate Mechanized Samara-Ulyanovsk Berdychiv Iron Order of the October Revolution, three-time Order of the Red Banner, and Orders of Suvorov and Bohdan Khmelnytsky Brigade named after Prince Daniel of Galicia of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0998, city of Yavoriv, Lviv Region). Since the spring of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On July 11, 2014, in the area of the village of Zelenopillya in the Sverdlovsk District (since 2016 - Dovzhansky District) of Luhansk Region, around 4:30 AM, Russian-terrorist groups shelled the base camp of Ukrainian troops with BM-21 "Grad" multiple rocket launchers. As a result of the shelling, 7 servicemen of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and 30 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, including Yuriy Kostiv. He was buried on July 19, 2014, in the cemetery of the village of Starychi, Yavoriv District.