Vitalii Sapylo

Vitalii Romanovych Sapylo (Ukrainian: Сапило Віталій Романович; 3 September 2000 – 25 February 2022) was a lieutenant and the commander of a tank platoon in the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade. He was a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Vitalii Sapylo
Birth nameVitalii Romanovych Sapylo
Born(2000-09-03)3 September 2000
Cherche, Ukraine
Died25 February 2022(2022-02-25) (aged 21)
Near Kyiv, Ukraine
AllegianceUkraine
Service/branchUkrainian Ground Forces
RankLieutenant
Battles/wars
AwardsOrder of the Gold Star (posthumously)Hero of Ukraine
Alma materHetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy

Biography

Sapylo was a graduate of the FC Karpaty Lviv. He was invited to join FC Shakhtar Donetsk,[1] but he chose the profession of defending his country and entered the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy in Lviv in 2017, where he studied at the Faculty of Combat Application of Forces. He completed his studies in June 2021.

As the commander of a tank platoon, he neutralized thirty enemy vehicles. He died alongside another soldier during the night of 25 February 2022, near the Ukrainian-Belarusian border due to an airstrike.[2] A rocket from a Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft hit his tank directly.[3][4]

He was laid to rest on 28 February 2022, in his hometown.[5] He is survived by his parents, younger brother, and grandparents.

Awards

On 2 March 2022, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Gold Star for personal courage and heroism demonstrated in defense of Ukraine's state sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as for his loyalty to the military oath.[6]

References
  1. "Футболіст Сапило Віталій - Інформаційно-статистична база УАФ". start.uaf.ua. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. "У бою за Київ загинув командир танка Віталій Сапило з Прикарпаття". 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. "Екіпаж танка Віталія Сапила знищив три десятки російської техніки". armyinform.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. "У Львівській області попрощалися з Віталієм Сапило танкістом, якого атакував російський Су-25". УКРАЇНА LIVE (in Ukrainian). 3 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  5. "На Львівщині попрощались із загиблим на війні 21-річним Віталієм Сапилом | Львівський портал". 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  6. "Для нас це вітчизняна війна, і ми знаємо, чим такі війни закінчуються для загарбників – звернення Президента України — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України". 7 March 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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