“Foka”

Callsign “Foka”, he started his combat path as a machine gunner in the Azov Regiment in 2015. Later he was appointed as a squad commander, participating in Shyrokyne, Granitne, Kurakhove, Krasnohorivka, and the Svitlodar arc. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, he joined Azov SSO Kyiv; progressing through all service levels from soldier to battalion commander. He helped to defend the city of Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast in the first months of the invasion. He would later participate in the battles of Bakhmut and Avdiivka.