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Oleh Babiy
Oleh Babiy
Native name	Олег Іванович Бабій
Birth name	Oleh Ivanovych Babiy
Born	22 October 1990; Milovice, Nymburk District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech and Slovak Federative Republic
Died	30 August 2023 (aged 32); Russia
Allegiance	Ukraine
Rank	Colonel
Commands held	Main Directorate of Intelligence; National Guard of Ukraine
Conflict	Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbas Battle of Svitlodarsk; ; Russian invasion of Ukraine; ;
Alma mater	Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi Ground Forces Academy

Oleh Ivanovych Babiy (22 October 1990 – 30 August 2023) was a Ukrainian military officer, colonel of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine, and a participant of the Russo-Ukrainian War. He was posthumously conferred the title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Gold Star.^[1]

Biography edit

He was born on 22 October 1990 in Milovice, Czech and Slovak Federative Republic. In 2011, he graduated from the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi Ground Forces Academy.

He had been participating in the Russo-Ukrainian War since 2014. From the first days of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he organised and carried out special operations in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine and in Russia, for which he was repeatedly awarded.^[2]

As of February 2017, he held the position of commander of a patrol platoon with the vehicles of the 1st Patrol Battalion, 45th Operational Purpose Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine.^[3]

With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, he continued to perform combat missions,^[2] with nine successful reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines, twelve special events to organise and support the resistance movement in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and behind enemy lines. Thanks to the successful completion of the missions, Colonel Babiy's group managed to disorganise the logistics of the occupation forces, destroy its important facilities and elements of critical infrastructure.^[4]^[5]

Babiy last operation was the destruction of one Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 bombers, and the disabling of two more, which, according to Ukraine, "completely destabilised the operation of airfields and long-range aviation bases" and reduced Russia's ability to launch missile strikes with Kh-22 missiles against Ukraine.^[6]^[7] In the course of the task, on 30 August 2023, the intelligence group headed by Babiy engaged in a battle with Russian special agents of the Federal Security Service. While covering the retreat of his comrades, Babiy was mortally wounded. For his heroic deeds, he was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine with the posthumous award of the Order of the Golden Star.^[4]

Babiy is survived by his wife and two small children, the youngest daughter was only one year old at the time of her father's death.^[4]

Awards and decorations edit

On 15 July 2014, by the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 593/2014, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class, for personal courage and heroism in the defence of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the military oath during the Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.^[8]

Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3rd, 2nd, 1st classes;^[7]
Order for Courage, 3rd class;
Commemorative sign "For Military Valor";
Commemorative sign "For Courage in the Performance of Special Tasks";
Badge "Participant of the Anti-Terrorist Operation";
Medal "For Participation in the 'Svitlodarsk Arc' Battles";
The title of Hero of Ukraine with the posthumous award of the Order of the Golden Star.

Legacy edit

On 22 January 2024, on the Day of Unity of Ukraine, a memorial plaque in his honour was unveiled on the facade of School No. 49 in Lviv, where Oleh Babiy studied.^[9]

References edit

^ "Zelenskyy Praises Military Units, but Slow Counteroffensive Could Hamper US Aid". Voice of America. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b Shushkivskyy, A. I. (2023). Бабій Олег Іванович [Babiy Oleh Ivanovych]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ 600 км пішки, командир Олег Бабій загинув через 11 днів відходу: ГУР МОУ оприлюднило деталі операції зі знищення ракетоносців Ту-22M3 у Сольцах [600 km on foot, commander Oleh Babiy died after 11 days of departure: the HUR MOU released details of the operation to destroy Tu-22M3 missile carriers in Soltsy]. Novynarnia (in Ukrainian). 23 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Галерея героїв | Бабій Олег Іванович Герой України [Gallery of Heroes | Babiy Oleh Ivanovych Hero of Ukraine]. gur.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ "President of Ukraine on the Day of Military Intelligence: Thanks to intelligence officers and all our defense and security forces, Ukrainians feel that we can beat Russia". president.gov.ua. Office of the President of Ukraine. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ Hlushchenko, Olha (24 January 2024). "Ukraine's Defence Intelligence reveals details of operation to destroy Tu-22 strategic bombers in Russia". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b На честь розвідника Героя України Олега Бабія відкрили меморіальну дошку [A memorial plaque was opened in honour of the Hero of Ukraine, intelligence officer Oleh Babiy]. gur.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ Указ Президента України №593/2014 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» [Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 593/2014 "On state awards of Ukraine"]. president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Office of the President of Ukraine. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ Ravlyuk, Yuliya (24 January 2024). У Львові відкрили меморіальну дошку розвіднику ГУР Олегу Бабію [A memorial plaque was opened in Lviv to HUR intelligence officer Oleh Babiy] (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. Retrieved 24 January 2024.