Captain Anton Lystopad, one of the best pilots in the Ukrainian Air Force, was killed on Tuesday while fighting Russian forces. The news was released by the Physical and Technical Lyceum of the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk, where he studied between 2005 and 2008.
“Anton Lystopad died defending the Ukrainian state. In 2019, Anton was recognized as the best pilot in the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the school wrote in a Facebook post.
A mailHe is remembered as a “persistent and obstinate” young man. Millions of Ukrainians watched with joy and pride, on the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, the flight of an aviation column from the parade of troops in Khreshchatyk. Our Antón was the leader of that column”, they remember.
According to Ukrinform, a few days before his death, Lystopad was decorated by the President of UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky, with the Order of Courage Third Class.
Between 2013 and 2018, Lystopad studied at the Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University in the city of Kharkiv. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, he has participated in military operations in eastern Ukraine.
Source: Observadora
