Vasyl Ratushnyi, brother of famous activist Roman Ratushnyi and elder son of writer Svitlana Povaliaieva and soldier Taras Ratushnyi, died at front. PHOTO
On 27 February, Vasyl Ratushnyi was killed during a combat mission. He was a UAV pilot with the "Birds of Magyars".
According to Censor.NET, Svitlana Povaliaieva reported this on her Facebook page.
"On 27 February 2025, at night, during a combat mission, the pilot of the UAV 'Birds of Magyars' Vasyl Ratushnyi was killed by a direct attack from an FPV drone. My eldest son, my life," she wrote.
Vasyl Ratushnyi was a participant in the Revolution of Dignity.
As it is known, on 9 June 2022, journalist, activist, public figure and volunteer Roman Ratushnyi, the younger son of Svitlana Povaliaieva, was killed near Izium.
A street in Kyiv near Protasiv Yar, which Roman fought to protect before the full-scale invasion, is named after him.
On 23 November 2023, the Kyiv City Council voted to name the Protasiv Yar reserve after Roman Ratushnyi.
