Yurii Stetsyk «Pikasso»

• Military rank: Junior Sergeant
• Unit: 78th Battalion of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade
• Position: Squad Commander

Biography

He was born on May 9, 1999, in Ivano-Frankivsk into an artistic family. He was the son of artist and musician Yarema Stetsyk, the leader of the band «Pensiia». He was actively involved in music: he founded the band «Triasovyna», played in the punk band «Pensiia», was a Plast scout, and was a creative person.

After the full-scale invasion, he voluntarily joined the 78th Battalion of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade, where he became a Junior Sergeant and squad commander. He went missing in action on December 28, 2022, during combat operations near the village of Dorozhnianka in Zaporizhzhia region, not far from Huliaipole; his comrades say that his body remained in the occupied territory and has still not been returned.