Vitalii Volodymyrovych Skakun (Ukrainian: Віталій Володимирович Скакун; 19 August 1996 – 24 February 2022) was a Ukrainian marine combat engineer who was posthumously awarded the Order of the Gold Star. He sacrificed his life in the Russian invasion of Ukraine while blowing up a bridge in Henichesk to slow the advance of Russian troops during the Southern Ukraine campaign.
Vitalii Volodymyrovych Skakun (Ukrainian: Віталій Володимирович Скакун; 19 August 1996 – 24 February 2022) was a Ukrainian marine combat engineer who...
player VitaliiSkakun (1996–2022), Ukrainian military engineer All pages with titles containing Skakun This page lists people with the surname Skakun. If...
proven to have died as a result of the war include: On 24 February, VitaliiSkakun, a combat engineer, died during the Kherson offensive, reportedly sacrificing...
Perekop, and thereby slow the advance of Russian troops from Crimea. VitaliiSkakun, the combat engineer who planted the explosives on the bridge, did not...
previously unnamed bridge over a railway was named “Skakun Bridge” (Skakunův most) after VitaliiSkakun. India: The street near the United States consulate...
Ukraine soil when you die." The city was also the scene of the death of VitaliiSkakun, who died blowing up a bridge to stop the Russian advance.[better source needed]...
rabbi, historian and president of Dropsie College Vitalii Shupliak — Ukrainian artist VitaliiSkakun — soldier who sacrificed himself in the 2022 Russian...
Миколайович Вагоровський February 28, 2022 gold star edict posthumously 497 VitaliiSkakun Віталій Володимирович Скакун February 26, 2022 gold star edict posthumously...
and racing driver, drowned. Morley Sewell, 89, British veterinarian. VitaliiSkakun, 25, Ukrainian soldier, explosion. Cliff Stanford, 67, British entrepreneur...
the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a member of the Ukrainian military, VitaliiSkakun, blew up this bridge to stall the Russian advance, and sacrificed his...
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