Soldier Viktor Horodnytskyi, call sign Yalta, died on June 13, 2023 in Donetsk region. He was 46 years old.

Viktor comes from Crimea. After marriage, he lived in the city of Khmilnyk, Vinnytsia region. He worked as a mechanic at a service station, where all customers valued and respected him as a professional mechanic with golden hands.

"He really loved his business, he adored repairing cars, he lived on them! And another small hobby of his was fishing, where he rested his soul... He liked to travel, always behind the wheel. He was always cheerful and with a smile on his face," said the soldier's wife.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Viktor voluntarily joined the ranks of the Armed Forces. He was sent to the guard company of the Khmilnytskyi RTCC and SP of the Vinnytsia region.

In April 2023, he entered the 54th separate mechanized brigade named after Hetman Ivan Mazepa. There he served as a sniper. He was also a mechanic and driver of an evacuation vehicle on the front line, transporting the wounded.

Posthumously, the Hero was awarded the Order "For Courage" of the III degree.