On March 6, during the performance of a combat mission, defender Vasily Dragun from the village of Aleksandrovka, Kharkov region, was killed. At the end of January, the warrior turned only 20 years old.

In August 2020, Vasily was drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine under a contract by the Galician-Frankivsk ORVC. The guy served as the head of the repair shop for artillery weapons of the repair and restoration battalion.

What is known about the life of the Hero

In a peaceful life, the guy managed to study and help his father at home with the housework, but most of all he took care of his little sisters.

Sociable, sincere, fair, always smiling, with a sense of humor and extremely responsible – this is how Vasily will forever remain in the memory of his fellow villagers, classmates and teachers of the Alexander and Sidorenkovskaya schools, the message says.

The director of the Sydorenko Lyceum, Dina Novikova, said that Vasily always dreamed of becoming a military man, therefore, after graduating from school, he entered and studied at the Lviv National Academy of Ground Forces named after Peter Sahaydachny.

The editors of Channel 24 express their condolences to the families and friends of the deceased Vasily Dragun. Eternal memory to the Hero!

Losses of Ukraine: latest news

• Vasily Shevchuk, a native of Khorostkov, Ternopil region, died at the front. Previously, he became the record holder, who lay naked under the snow for 20 minutes.
• Also in the war, during the defense of Bakhmut, a fighter from the Lviv region, Igor Ilechko, died. The defender had a small son.
• In addition, during the defense of Bakhmut, the commander of the company of the 93rd brigade “Cold Yar” Alexander Basalyga, call sign “Mongol”, was killed. He went from a tanker to a company commander, he had the Order “For Courage”.
• Ukrainian high jumper Roman Polishchuk died in battles with Russian invaders near Bakhmut.
• In the battles for Bakhmut, the famous historian, archaeologist, teacher, guide and patriot Yuri Kovalenko died. In the spring of 2022, he defended the Chernihiv region, and in parallel, he defended his thesis.