Kyiv activist Roman Ratushnyi killed fighting near Izium

"On June 9, Roman Ratushnyi, the leader of our community, the head of the NGO ‘Let's Protect Protasiv Yar’, and a scout of the 93rd Separate Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade, was killed fighting near Izium,” NGO "Let's Protect Protasiv Yar", headed by Ratushnyi, posted on Facebook.

He was a member of a reconnaissance patrol as part of a combat group and was killed while performing a combat mission.

On July 5, Roman Ratushnyi was to turn 25 years old. He participated in the Revolution of Dignity at the age of 16, was a civil society activist.

From the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion, he took part in the battles near Kyiv, and later liberated Trostianets, fought in Sumy region, and near Izium, Kharkiv region, as part of the 93rd Separate Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade.

Roman Ratushnyi is known, in particular, for his struggle to save the Protasiv Yar ski area in Kyiv from real estate development.

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