On June 10, 2025, in the Sumy region, Mykola Khudevych — officer, athlete, and president of the futsal club Revera — gave his life for Ukraine. He was 45 years old.
Originally from the village of Tukhlia in the Lviv region, Mykola joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine after the full-scale invasion began. He served in the 73rd Naval Center of Special Operations named after Koshovyi Otaman Antin Holovaty. First an instructor, he later became a group commander in a combat unit. He was killed in action during a combat mission.
Before the war, Mykola was well known in the sports community. As president of Revera futsal club in Ivano-Frankivsk, he was more than a leader — he was a friend to the team. In sports, as in life, he had the gift of inspiring, supporting, and standing strong through adversity. Colleagues remember him as a true leader who could energize others and give them hope, even when everything seemed to be falling apart.
“Words fail us…” — Revera club wrote in a heartfelt tribute to Mykola Khudevych. And indeed, how can words capture the loss of someone who was more than a club president or a military commander — someone who was, in every sense, a Man with a capital M?
On June 15, Mykola Khudevych was laid to rest in his native village. The day was declared a Day of Mourning in the Slavske community.
Eternal memory. Heroes never die.