Volodymyr Chaplynskyi
44, electrical lineman,
Obukhiv, Kyiv region
The hero of the Celestial Hundred Volodymyr Chaplynskyi was killed on February 20 in Instytutska street by a sniper's bullet that hit him right in the neck. Having absolutely no information on her husband’s death Volodymyr’s wife Svitlana had to look for witnesses of those tragic minutes on her own. She went to Kyiv more than once and tracked down the activists who stayed in one tent with her husband, collecting contact information.
Volodymyr set off to the Maidan for the first time on December 2. He wanted to support and protect the protesters. “He was neither an advocate of the European union or the Customs union. He always said that Ukrainians are a very wise nation. It's unfair we are so poor. After the police crack
