Former hockey player Makar Yerofeyev died while saving his wounded comrade.
He played for Ukrainian clubs: Dnipro’s “Zenit”, “Yastruby”, and “Aurora”. In the army, he was a senior lieutenant and deputy commander of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade. The tragic news of the Hero’s fate we received from his older brother Anton, who is also defending Ukraine from Russian invaders. According to him, family was afraid to receive this news. Makar was a brave warrior who always went into battle, even when his commanders forbade it. He didn’t want to see on the screen or hear on the radio how his subordinates were fighting, getting wounded or, worst of all, dying. So he always went with them.
Makar defended Kharkiv, commanded units during the Balaklii-Kupiansk operation, and when he was wounded, he escaped from the hospital and returned to service. He participated in fierce battles near Bakhmut.
On November 11, 2023, near the village of Andriivka, Donetsk region, 22-year-old Makar Yerofeyev died from mortar fire while carrying a wounded comrade from the battlefield…