The Dobrotvir community has declared Days of Mourning for Andriy Savchyn, who was killed in action fighting for Ukraine. The serviceman was carrying out a combat mission near the village of Novooleksandrivka in the Pokrovskyi district of Donetsk region.
Andriy Bohdanovych Savchyn was born on 11 March 1967. He served as a senior rifleman-operator of unmanned aerial vehicles in the 3rd assault section of the 1st assault platoon of the 3rd assault company of the 1st assault battalion of military unit A4862 and conscientiously fulfilled his duties.
Since 20 May 2025 the soldier had been considered missing in action. For more than a year his family waited for news, but later received official confirmation of his death while carrying out a combat mission in Donetsk region.
The farewell to the defender will take place on Saturday, 12 September. At 11:45 a memorial service is planned in the village of Zhovtantsi near the Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary (OCU). At 12:10 in the town of Kamianka-Buzka, near the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (OCU), there will be a reading of the Gospel, and at 12:20 a prayer service will be held near the Church of St Nicholas (UGCC).
At 12:40 the funeral procession will be met at the Memorial to the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred in the village of Ruda, and at 12:50 in the settlement of Dobrotvir near the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (OCU). From the church the funeral procession will proceed along Okruzhna Street (the settlement’s ring road) to the warrior’s family home at 7 Sahaydachnoho Street, where a memorial service will be held in the courtyard.
After this the cortege will continue on foot to the Church of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary (UGCC) in Dobrotvir, where the funeral rite will be performed and a joint prayer offered for the repose of the fallen soldier’s soul. Andriy Savchyn will be laid to rest in the local cemetery of the settlement of Dobrotvir.
The Dobrotvir community has declared 10–12 September as Days of Mourning. The community extends its sincere condolences to the family and friends of the fallen defender and honours his memory.