Андрій Миколайович. Шульга (Шульц)

Born on January 22, 1993, in the urban-type settlement of Demurine, Mezhivskyi District, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Graduated from a general education school. Served under contract in the 25th Separate Dnipropetrovsk Airborne Brigade of the High Mobility Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1126, urban-type settlement of Hvardiyiske, Novomoskovskyi District, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast). Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On June 14, 2014, around 1:00 AM, the IL-76 MD military transport aircraft of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, while approaching to land at the airport in the city of Luhansk, was shot down by terrorists using a portable anti-aircraft missile system. On board the aircraft were 40 servicemen of the 25th Separate Dnipropetrovsk Airborne Brigade, including soldier Shulha, and 9 crew members. As a result of the crash, all personnel of the airborne unit and the aircraft crew were killed. On July 24, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the urban-type settlement of Demurine, Mezhivskyi District.