Valerii Hudz Explained

Valerii Fedorovych Hudz
Native Name:Валерій Федорович Гудзь
Native Name Lang:uk
Birth Date:12 February 1971
Birth Place:Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Birth Name:Valerii Fedorovych Hudz
Branch: Ukrainian Army
Serviceyears:1991–2001
2014–2022
Rank:Colonel
Unit:24th Mechanized Brigade, 72nd Mechanized Brigade
Battles:
Awards: Order of the Gold Star (posthumously)

Valerii Fedorovych Hudz (Ukrainian: Валерій Федорович Гудзь; 12 February 1971 – 12 March 2022) was a Ukrainian serviceman.[1]

Career

Hudz's military career began in 1999, and ended in 2001. In 2014, following the Revolution of Dignity and the start of the war in Donbas, Hudz came out of retirement to serve in the Ukrainian Army once more.

He was a Colonel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, serving as commander of the 24th Mechanized Brigade from 2017 to 2020.[2] Hudz fought in sector "D" on the border war with Russia, in the area of Volnovakha and Avdiivka. He died during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the Luhansk region. He was posthumously awarded the highest award in Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine.[3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Пилипчук, Р. В. . Гудзь Валерій Федорович . 2023-03-16 . Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України . 978-966-02-2074-4 . Ukrainian.
  2. Web site: 13 March 2022 . В бою на Луганщині загинув екскомандир 24-ї бригади зі Львівщини . Ukrinform . Ukrainian.
  3. Web site: 28 August 2014 . Бориспільці провели на вітчизняну війну своїх земляків . Borispil Market Newspaper . Ukrainian.
  4. Web site: 4 April 2022 . "Він вискочив на танк і заявив, що приймає командування на себе". Спогади про полковника Валерія Гудзя, який загинув на Луганщині . Express Online . Ukrainian.
  5. Web site: 16 March 2022 . Family and fellow soldiers bid farewell to heroic colonel Gudz killed in Donbas . Kyiv Independent . English.