Yurii V. Soroka

Born on November 4, 1974, in the village of Hmyryanka, Ichnia district, Chernihiv region. In childhood, he was left without parents who passed away. In 1989, he graduated from a boarding school in the city of Horodnia, Chernihiv region. From 1989 to 1992, he worked as a laborer in the collective farm of the village of Hmyryanka. From 1992 to 1994, he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine under conscription. After the army, he lived in the village of Ozerny, Vasylivka district, Zaporizhzhia region. Later, he moved with his family to the village of Novokamianka, Kakhovka district, Kherson region. In 2014-2015, he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine under partial mobilization, called up by the Kakhovka combined military commissariat of Kherson region. Since 2016, he served under contract in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a squad commander in the technical support platoon of the 10th separate motorized infantry battalion of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade of the operational command "South" of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit field post V2254). He participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On June 11, 2017, at about 16:30, senior soldier Yuriy Soroka was killed in the area of the village of Pavlopil, Volnovakha district, Donetsk region, as a result of shelling from an anti-tank missile system of a military truck URAL-4320, in which he was located. Senior sergeant Yevhen Yalovets was killed along with him. On June 14, 2017, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Hmyryanka, Ichnia district, Chernihiv region.