Date and Place of Birth

September 9, 1987, in the settlement of Rozhniativ, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine

Military Unit

79th Battalion of the 102nd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade named after Colonel Dmytro Vitovskyi (102nd Territorial Defense Brigade)

Date and Place of Death

September 15, 2022, near the village of Varvarivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine

Biography

Yurii Slyvchuk was born on September 9, 1987, in the settlement of Rozhniativ, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

At the age of four, he moved with his parents to the city of Dolyna. He began his education at Dolyna Lyceum No. 1 and later continued his studies at Dolyna Lyceum No. 5. Yurii actively participated in numerous school events, including patriotic, educational, and recreational activities. He was also an active member of the student self-government.

In 2003, he enrolled at the Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University.

In 2013, he married Nataliia. In 2015, their son Andrian was born.

Yurii Slyvchuk earned his second higher education degree from the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas in 2020. For many years, he worked as a private entrepreneur.

Circumstances of Death

From the very beginning of the Revolution of Dignity, Yurii Slyvchuk stood for Ukraine’s European values on the Maidan, where he remained until the very end. It was there that he received the call sign “Multyk.”

Beginning in 2014 and throughout the eight years of the war, he was actively involved in volunteer work, providing essential supplies to his fellow Maidan activists who had joined the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).

On March 13, 2022, Yurii was mobilized into the Kalush Territorial Defense, serving in the machine-gun unit of the 79th Battalion of the 102nd Brigade. On April 25, 2022, he and his battalion were deployed to the Zaporizhzhia direction.

He was killed by shrapnel wounds near the village of Varvarivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on September 15, 2022.

He was laid to rest at the Alley of Glory of the Dolyna City Cemetery.

Honors / Awards

Medal “For Military Service to Ukraine”.

Order for Courage, 3rd Class (posthumously).