On 20 June, 2026, at 13:00, a memorial event for Dmytro Yehizarov, a soldier of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Hero of Ukraine, will take place at the Museum.
Dmytro Yehizarov (“Kok”) was a participant in the Revolution of Dignity, an entrepreneur, a loving husband and father. Having three minor children, on 5 January 2023, he joined the defense of the Motherland as part of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a Stugna anti-tank missile system operator and carried out combat missions in the Zaporizhzhia and Pokrovsk directions. During his service, he suffered a spinal injury, concussions, and a shrapnel wound, but he constantly returned to duty and selflessly fought against the occupiers.
On 20 June 2024, Dmytro was killed while carrying out a combat mission in the village of Peremoha, Pokrovsk District, Donetsk Region. During the last day of his life, he destroyed four units of enemy armored vehicles and damaged two tanks, stopping an enemy mechanized assault.
That same year, Dmytro’s brother Roman created a petition to award the Defender the title of Hero of Ukraine posthumously, which quickly gathered the required number of signatures. On 3 June 2026, the President issued the corresponding decree.
The memory of the warrior has been immortalized with a memorial plaque at School № 177 in Kyiv, in the museum of Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University, as well as in the M. M. Hryshko National Botanical Garden, where a memorial bench was installed and a maple tree was planted in Dmytro’s honor in the Indonesian Garden.
The Museum’s memorial event will be attended by the soldier’s mother, Alla Ihorivna, his wife Olena and daughter Daria, his brother Roman, friends Andrii and Kyrylo, and colleague Olha. Speeches will be delivered by Olha Korabliova, representative of the Scientific Council of the Botanical Garden, and Mykola Haponiuk, Deputy Head of the Department of Finance at KNEU.
We invite you to join us in honoring the memory of Dmytro Yehizarov – a warrior who gave his life for the freedom and independence of Ukraine.
This event is an opportunity to remember together a person whose courage, dedication, and strength of spirit became an example of true service to the Motherland. The memory of the Defender lives on in his family, among his comrades-in-arms, friends, and in the hearts of all who value freedom.
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