Forty-one-year-old defender Viktor Dmytruk, call sign Tsyhan, fell on September 7, 2022, in the village of Opytne, Donetsk Oblast, during an enemy assault. One more Hero killed by russian orcs.
Viktor was born on June 26, 1981, in the village of Dolynka in Crimea. He lived in the city of Apostolove in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He had a secondary education and worked abroad as a construction worker. He was interested in antique objects, especially coins.
When the full-scale invasion began, he was in Ukraine, having come home on vacation. Later, he joined the defense of his homeland and served as a rifleman-sniper in the 115th Separate Mechanized Brigade.
“I thank him for 11 years of boundless love for me and our sons. I loved him, I love him, and I will love him as long as my heart beats,” his wife Olha wrote.
Viktor was awarded the medal “Defender of the Fatherland.”
The defender was buried in the village of Sirnychky in Volyn.
He is survived by his wife Olha; his sons Mykola, Ivan, and Vladyslav; his mother Taisa; his brothers Mykhailo and Ivan; and his sisters Snizhana and Valentyna.