Yuliia Shevchenko Explained

Yuliia Shevchenko
Birthname:Yuliia Andriivna Shevchenko
Birth Date:18 June 1999
Birth Place:Kyiv
Death Place:Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Nationality:Ukrainian
Allegiance:Ukraine
Branch:Armed Forces of Ukraine
Battles:Russo-Ukrainian War
Rank:Lieutenant
Mawards:Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi

Yuliia Andriivna Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Андріївна Шевченко, 18 June 1999,[1] — 31 July 2023[2]) was a Ukrainian civic activist, poet, soldier, lieutenant of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Biography

Yuliia Shevchenko was born on 18 June 1999 in Kyiv, where she studied at Lyceum #241 (2016,[3] with a silver medal).[4] [5]

She participated in the Revolution of Dignity and helped medics.[6]

She graduated from the Military Department of the National Guard Military Academy of Ukraine (2020) and the Faculty of Prosecution of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (2022, with honors, specialty "lawyer"). In the same year, she became a postgraduate student at the Department of Criminal Law at her alma mater.

In 2021, while studying in her 5th year, she won the Anti-Corruption Landing Project. Since then, she has worked in the department of mandatory full inspections of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention.

She also wrote poetry.

With the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Yuliia voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. She served as the deputy commander for moral and psychological support of the 47th Mechanized Brigade.

She died on 31 July 2023 in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The funeral took place at St Volodymyr's Cathedral. She was buried on 5 August 2023 in her hometown.

She is survived by her parents and her fiancé Taras.

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: У Києві попрощались із 24-річною захисницею Юлією Шевченко . 5 August 2023 . Вечірній Київ .
  2. Web site: "Зранку Юля написала мені, що їй недобре, а ввечері в їх будівлю прилетіли керовані авіабомби": наречений надягнув обручку коханій в труні . Вікторія Микитюк . 17 August 2023 . Факти .
  3. Web site: Борючись за свободу України, загинула аспірантка кафедри кримінального права Університету, заступниця командира з морально-психологічного забезпечення Юлія Шевченко . 1 August 2023 . Національний юридичний університет імені Ярослава Мудрого .
  4. Web site: Пам'яті співробітниці НАЗК, військової Юлії Шевченко . 8 August 2023 . Укрінформ .
  5. Web site: Юлія Шевченко . Платформа пам'яті Меморіал .
  6. Web site: Війна забрала життя 24-річної лейтенантки ЗСУ Юлії Шевченко. "Юля сама просилася у бій" . Наталія Васюнець . 20 August 2023 . Експрес .
  7. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 24 August 2023 year № 515/2023 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)