Eduard Vahorovskyi

Eduard Mykolaiovych Vahorovskyi (; 26 February 1965 – 24 February 2022) was a Ukrainian military officer (Lieutenant Colonel). He was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine (2022, posthumously).

Biography Eduard Vahorovskyi was born on 26 February 1965, in the city of Rubizhne, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.

From childhood, he dreamed of becoming a military serviceman. After finishing school, he enrolled in the Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots and Navigators. After completing his studies, he spent a year in the Orenburg Oblast, where he served in a training regiment. Following that, he was stationed in the village of Ozerne in the Zhytomyr Oblast. At the age of 38, he retired from active duty with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and settled in Zhytomyr where he worked at the enterprise "EKTA-PROM". Upon returning to service, he was stationed with the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade, which is based out of Ozerne Air Base, where he worked as an instructor pilot.

He was laid to rest on 28 February 2022, in Ozerne, Zhytomyr Oblast.

Awards He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Gold Star (28 February 2022) "for his personal courage and heroism demonstrated in the defense of Ukraine's state sovereignty and territorial integrity, and his loyalty to the military oath."