Serhii Ilnytskyi Explained

Serhii Ilnytskyi
Birth Date:20 May 1970
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Kurdiumivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Placeofburial:, Kyiv, Ukraine
Serviceyears:2014 – 2023
Rank: Polkovnyk
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Serhii Volodymyrovych Ilnytskyi (Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Ільницький; 20 May 1970 – 22 August 2023) was a Ukrainian colonel, politician, public figure and athlete. He was a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war and later died in the Russian invasion of Ukraine starting in 2022.

Biography

Ilnytskyi was born in Kyiv on 20 May 1970, and attended schools No. 143 and 168 of Kyiv. Later he graduated from the and the National Defense University of Ukraine, and received a master's degree in Public Administration from the .[1]

He had participated in Anti Terrorist Operation in Donbas since 2014. During the campaign, he was injured and disabled in a battle.[2] He was later awarded the Third-Degree Order of Merit.

When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he joined the army again. In 2023, he was appointed deputy commander of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps and commander of the "Southern" detachment of the 28th Mechanized Brigade.[1]

On 22 August 2023, Ilnytskyi was found dead near the village of Kurdiumivka in Donetsk Oblast. On August 28, 2023, Archbishop presided over the funeral at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery and was later buried in the, Kyiv.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ільницький Сергій Володимирович. Київська міська рада. 23 August 2023. 2023-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20230925234937/https://www.kmr.gov.ua/uk/users/serhiiilnytskyi.
  2. News: Добровольці Бєлобоков та Ільницький принесли Україні два золота на "Іграх нескорених". ВІДЕО . 22 October 2018. Новинарня. 23 August 2023.
  3. Віолетта Карлащук. У Києві попрощалися з загиблим на війні депутатом Київради Ільницьким., 28 August 2023