Vladyslav Savieliev

He was born on August 14, 1996 in the city of Kropyvnytskyi in a family of military personnel. He graduated from gymnasium No. 9 in Kropyvnytskyi and then studied at the Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University, graduating with honors in 2019.[1]

Savieliev participated in the Joint Forces Operation in eastern Ukraine.

For two years, Savieliev took a basic flight training course on a T-6A Texan II turboprop trainer at Columbus Air Force Base.[2]

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was a fighter pilot with the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade. On the morning of 2 June 2023, together with Andrii Pilshchykov (Juice), he and two MiG-29s made a successful combat sortie in the east, launching HARM missiles. Savieliev flew another combat mission in the evening and successfully launched JDAM guided bombs that hit their targets. However, in the area of Pokrovsk (Donetsk Oblast), his plane was deadly hit by enemy air defense forces.[2]

He is survived by his daughter, wife and parents.[3]

On 7 June 2023, memorial ceremony for Vladyslav Savieliev has been held on the Alley of Honorary Military Burials in Kropyvnytskyi, where he was then buried.[1][4]

On 15 August 2023, Air Force Command shared on Facebook details on Savieliev's last flight story and photos of piano burning ceremony of a piano painted with Savieliev's call sign and a number "12" (tail number of his MiG-29).[5][2]

• Piano burning
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• Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, III class (4 August 2023, posthumously)[6]

• Andrii Pilshchykov (Juice)
• Oleksandr Oksanchenko (Grey wolf)
• Anton Lystopad
• Mykhailo Matiushenko
• Stepan Tarabalka
• List of aircraft losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War