On January 27, Denys Pashynskyi, a fighter of the 101st separate guard brigade of the General Staff of Ukraine named after Colonel General Gennadiy Vorobyov, a champion of the 1999 World University Games, died of wounds received in the combat zone.
Denys Pashynskyi was a graduate of Kyiv’s Kryzhynka, playing as a goalkeeper. He was a bronze medalist of the Ukrainian Championship with Donbas and a silver medalist with HC Kyiv.
As a member of the Ukrainian national team, he won gold at the 1999 Universiade in Poprad, and in 2001 he won bronze.
Denys mobilized to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the summer of 2022 and has since performed combat missions in various areas.
It is known that Pashynskyi, along with his comrades, came under mortar fire and was trapped in a dugout. The soldier was evacuated to a hospital in Dnipro, where doctors fought for his life to the last.
Denys will be buried in Bila Tserkva next to his mother.