Vladimir Melnichuk
39, repairman,
Kyiv
“He wasn’t a sotnyk [centurion], nor did he spend all of his time on the Maidan. But he often came together with his wife. He brought food, helped doctors who volunteered there or simply provided everyone else at the forefront with psychological support, as many others did,” posted Vladimir’s friend Alla in her blog a few weeks after he had died.
It was the morning of the 20th of February when he called her. He said that he was near St. Michael’s Cathedral. A just a moment ago just someone carried a body of a very young guy—like a boy—past him. Vladimir signed up for the medical volunteer team: he would wait in the car in case someone needs to be taken to hospital immediately.
In the late afternoon he met his wife Maria who was on her way home fr
