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Vitalii Sapylo
Born	(2000-09-03)3 September 2000 Sokilnyky, Ukraine
Died	25 February 2022(2022-02-25) (aged 21) Near Kyiv, Ukraine
Allegiance	Ukraine
Service / branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Rank	Lieutenant
Battles / wars	Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine
Awards	Order of the Gold Star (posthumously)
Alma mater	Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy

Vitalii Romanovych Sapylo (Ukrainian: Віталій Романович Сапило; 3 September 2000 – 25 February 2022) was a lieutenant and the commander of a tank platoon in the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade. He was a participant in the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Biography

Sapylo was born in Sokilnyky, and he was a graduate of the FC Karpaty Lviv. He was invited to join FC Shakhtar Donetsk, but he chose the profession of defending his country and entered the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy in Lviv in 2017, where he studied at the Faculty of Combat Application of Forces. He completed his studies in June 2021.

As the commander of a tank platoon, he neutralized thirty enemy vehicles. He died alongside another soldier during the night of 25 February 2022, near the Ukrainian-Belarusian border due to an airstrike. A rocket from a Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft hit his tank directly.

He was laid to rest on 28 February 2022, in his hometown. He is survived by his parents, younger brother, and grandparents.

Awards

On 2 March 2022, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Gold Star for personal courage and heroism demonstrated in defense of Ukraine's state sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as for his loyalty to the military oath.

References

1. Железняк, М. Г. (16 March 2023). Сапило Віталій Романович (in Ukrainian). Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
2. Sadlovska, Kateryna; Danylo, Olena (28 February 2022). "На Львівщині попрощалися з Віталієм Сапилом, який загинув у боях біля Києва" [Vitalii Sapylo, who died in battle near Kyiv, was bid farewell in Lvivshchyna]. Suspilne (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
3. "Футболіст Сапило Віталій - Інформаційно-статистична база УАФ". start.uaf.ua. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
4. "У бою за Київ загинув командир танка Віталій Сапило з Прикарпаття". 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
5. "Екіпаж танка Віталія Сапила знищив три десятки російської техніки". armyinform.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
6. "У Львівській області попрощалися з Віталієм Сапило танкістом, якого атакував російський Су-25". УКРАЇНА LIVE (in Ukrainian). 3 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
7. "На Львівщині попрощались із загиблим на війні 21-річним Віталієм Сапилом | Львівський портал". 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
8. "Для нас це вітчизняна війна, і ми знаємо, чим такі війни закінчуються для загарбників – звернення Президента України — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України". 7 March 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

• 2000 births
• 2022 deaths
• Ukrainian men's footballers
• Ukrainian military personnel killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Deaths by Russian airstrikes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Recipients of the Order of Gold Star (Ukraine)
• Footballers from Lviv Oblast
• Military personnel from Lviv Oblast
• Ukrainian sportspeople killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine