Yuliia Shevchenko (activist)

Yuliia Andriivna Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Андріївна Шевченко, 18 June 1999,[1] Kyiv — 31 July 2023, Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast[2]) was a Ukrainian civic activist, poet, soldier, lieutenant of the 47th Mechanized Brigade[2] of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Yuliia Shevchenko
Юлія Шевченко
Personal details
Born
Yuliia Andriivna Shevchenko

(1999-06-18)18 June 1999
Kyiv
Died31 July 2023(2023-07-31) (aged 24)
Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
NationalityUkrainian
Military service
AllegianceUkraine
Branch/serviceArmed Forces of Ukraine
RankLieutenant
Battles/warsRusso-Ukrainian War
AwardsOrder of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi

Biography

Yuliia Shevchenko was born on 18 June 1999 in Kyiv, where she studied at Lyceum #241 (2016,[3] with a silver medal).[4][2][5]

She participated in the Revolution of Dignity and helped medics.[6][2]

She graduated from the Military Department of the National Guard Military Academy of Ukraine (2020)[2] and the Faculty of Prosecution[3] of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (2022, with honors, specialty "lawyer"[2]). In the same year, she became a postgraduate student at the Department of Criminal Law at her alma mater.[5]

In 2021, while studying in her 5th year, she won the Anti-Corruption Landing Project. Since then, she has worked in the department of mandatory full inspections of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention.[5]

She also wrote poetry.[6]

With the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Yuliia voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[2] She served as the deputy commander for moral and psychological support of the 47th Mechanized Brigade.[5]

She died on 31 July 2023 in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[2][5]

The funeral took place at St Volodymyr's Cathedral.[2] She was buried on 5 August 2023 in her hometown.[5]

She is survived by her parents and her fiancé Taras.[5]

Awards

References
  1. "У Києві попрощались із 24-річною захисницею Юлією Шевченко". Вечірній Київ. 2023-08-05.
  2. Вікторія Микитюк (2023-08-17). ""Зранку Юля написала мені, що їй недобре, а ввечері в їх будівлю прилетіли керовані авіабомби": наречений надягнув обручку коханій в труні". Факти.
  3. "Борючись за свободу України, загинула аспірантка кафедри кримінального права Університету, заступниця командира з морально-психологічного забезпечення Юлія Шевченко". Національний юридичний університет імені Ярослава Мудрого. 2023-08-01.
  4. "Пам'яті співробітниці НАЗК, військової Юлії Шевченко". Укрінформ. 2023-08-08.
  5. "Юлія Шевченко". Платформа пам'яті Меморіал.
  6. Наталія Васюнець (2023-08-20). "Війна забрала життя 24-річної лейтенантки ЗСУ Юлії Шевченко. "Юля сама просилася у бій"". Експрес.
  7. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 24 August 2023 year № 515/2023 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)
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