Bohdan Kit, Private First Class of the 101st Brigade for the Protection of the General Staff named after Colonel-General Henadii Vorobiov and a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war, visited the Museum to share his combat journey and donate artifacts to the museum collection. The event was moderated by Serhii Siryi, Head of the Military History Sector.
Greeting the hero and the audience, the Deputy Director General for Technical Coordination, Facilities, and Operations of the Museum, Oleh Kucheriavyi, emphasized: “The War Museum is doing everything possible to convey the truth about the War for Ukraine’s Independence to current and future generations.”
Bohdan Kit, a 36-year-old Kyiv native, is an English translator in civilian life. He was an active participant in the Revolution of Dignity.
Bohdan has been defending our state since 2015. He gained his first combat experience as a participant in the Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone (ATO zone) in the Donetsk direction. Since 2022, as part of the 101st Brigade for the Protection of the General Staff named after Colonel-General Henadii Vorobiov, he has fought in the Bakhmut and Kharkiv directions.
During a regular combat mission, he was wounded. Only two weeks later, while receiving treatment in the hospital, the defender learned that he had been carrying an enemy bullet in his body the entire time. Fortunately, it did not damage vital organs. After recovery, Bohdan Kit returned to military service.
Private First Class Bohdan Kit has been awarded the “Golden Cross” badge of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the “For the Defense of Ukraine” distinction.
When asked by the meeting moderator Serhii Siryi which events during the war are the most difficult to endure and the most memorable, the defender replied: “It hurts the most when you lose brothers-in-arms. During the time of shared trials and traversing the combat path, these people became the dearest, and their loss is unspeakable pain.”
At the end of the meeting, Bohdan Kit donated war artifacts to the Museum: a stock and a sling from an AK-74 assault rifle, camouflage netting riddled with shrapnel, the enemy bullet that hit him, an X-ray showing the bullet in his neck, sleeve insignia and badges, and an identification tag.
The Museum sincerely thanks Bohdan Kit for the donated exhibits and the documented story of the defender.
