Junior Sergeant Dmytro Samoilov was killed on April 7, 2022, during a combat mission near the village of Studenok in Kharkiv region. He will forever be 37 years old.
During the full-scale war, Dmytro defended the Motherland from Russian occupiers as part of the Donbas special purpose battalion of the 15th Sloviansk Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine. He served as the commander of an engineering and sapper unit.
By Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 256 of April 17, 2022, Dmytro Samoilov was posthumously awarded the Order “For Courage” III Class.
The warrior was laid to rest in Sloviansk at the cemetery on Danylo Halytskyi Street.
At 9:00 a.m. — the nationwide moment of silence. Donetsk Regional Military Administration and the Heroes Memorial platform honor the fallen defenders from Donetsk region.