The 93rd Independent Guards Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost the brave warrior and true patriot of Ukraine Ilya Kirichenko.

"The soldier was on alert duty at one of the strongholds near the village of Krymskoye (Luhansk region. - Red. In the evening, pro-Putin illegal armed groups began firing positions from artillery, mortars, grenade cup discharges and other weapons, "the 93rd OMBR in Facebook.

From time to time the militants declared a "silence regime", and the Ukrainian soldiers agreed and adhered to the agreement.

"However, the insidious enemy once again proved that his word is worthless. In one such period of the "armistice", at about 9:30 pm, an Ilya Kirichenko archer-aide of a grenade launcher went up to the parapet to inspect the perimeter. There was an explosion - the terrorists suddenly started mortar shelling. Body armor and helmet this time did not help - the soldier was injured incompatible with life, "- said in the brigade.

29-year-old Ilya Alexandrovich Kirichenko comes from the Yellow Waters of the Dnepropetrovsk region. More recently, he began to serve in one of the mechanized battalions of the 93rd Brigade.

"However, quickly managed to win respect and authority among the combat brothers. He was a disciplined, literate, brave fighter. And remained faithful to his military duty until the end. Ilya was a physicist, he had a higher education, but he consciously decided that his place was among the defenders of Ukraine, "the message says..

"We, his colleagues and colleagues, will do our best to be worthy of it," the brigade added..

As the "Observer" wrote, the APU took control of an important area in the Donbass, exterminating a dozen terrorists.

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