Yurii Tsaryk was killed on the battlefield against the Russian occupier.
In 2012, Tsaryk was called up to military service. He served in the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Separate Presidential Brigade. Since March 2021, he has been enlisted in the military unit of Kramatorsk.
In peaceful pre-war life, Tsaryk liked football. He played for «Bukovyna» Chernivtsi in the Ukrainian Premier League (DUFL). He played for amateur teams in the Chernivtsi region «Bukovyna-2», FC «Kyseliv», FC «Borivtsi», MSK «Kitsman», and «Probiy» (Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk region). In the 2017/18 season, Yurii played one match for «Bukovyna» Chernivtsi.
Friends and acquaintances recall that Yurii was a true patriot of Ukraine, always cheerful, smiling, sociable, sincere, kind, friendly, energetic. He was a true leader who always knew how to unite many people around him.
On August 8, 2022, Yurii Tsaryk died in the battle with the Russian invaders near the village of Bohorodychne, Donetsk region.