Yana Rykhlitska

Yana Rykhlitska was born on 2 April 1993 in Vinnytsia.^[1][2]

She graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Law of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (2015).^[2] During her student years, she was actively involved in sports and was a candidate for master of sports in sambo and judo. Rykhlitska also worked in the IT industry.^[2]

In wake of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, she began active volunteer work. In May 2022, she became a combat medic of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar", saving many lives in the stabilization center in Bakhmut.^[1][2]

Days after being photographed in action, she was killed by Russian artillery fire on 3 March 2023, during the evacuation of the wounded near the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast.^[1][3][4]

She was buried on the Alley of Heroes in her hometown^[1][2] and was survived by her parents and her significant other.^[2]

• Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class (7 April 2023, posthumously)^[5]