Biography

Novak of the «Tigryata» swarm, 3rd nest «Forest Mischiefmakers». In 2010, he transferred to the «Raccoons» club of the P. Skoropadsky Youth 99th Troop, where he was a club member for a long time. He took the Plast oath on October 5, 2011, in the Demyaniv Laz tract. He was a troop leader from 2013 to 2014.

With the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, he was mobilized into the army, where he served under the direct command of Plast member Nazar Lugarev. Junior sergeant. He was the commander of the 1st rifle platoon of the 2nd rifle company of the 78th separate battalion of the 102nd separate territorial defense brigade named after Colonel Dmytro Vitovsky.

On December 28, 2022, he took part in close combat with Russian occupiers near the village of Dorozhnyanka, near the town of Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia region. According to his comrades, he was killed there. Due to the enemy's occupation of the area, his body remained in the occupied territory. For this reason, he is officially considered missing in action.

He was posthumously awarded the Iron Plast Cross on May 21, 2023.