The junior sergeant had been defending the country since 2022, holding the line on the southern front. Tomorrow, November 8, his fellow townspeople will escort him on his final journey through a living corridor of honor.
The Irshava City Territorial Community is experiencing the bitter pain of an irreparable loss. A brave defender of Ukraine—a native and resident of the village of Chornyi Potik, Junior Sergeant Ivan Ivanovich Brovdiy—is returning “on his shield” to his native Transcarpathia.
The Irshava City Council officially announced the soldier’s death and the details of the funeral.
The defender’s combat career: on the front lines since the first year of the full-scale invasion
Ivan Brovdiy was born on April 13, 1973. With the start of full-scale Russian aggression in 2022, he joined the ranks of the Ukrainian Defense Forces without hesitation:
- Military rank: As a junior sergeant, he served as a senior gunner-operator in the 1st rifle squad of the 3rd rifle platoon of the 8th rifle company of the 3rd Territorial Defense Battalion of one of the military units;
- Southern Front: The soldier carried out complex combat missions on the front lines in the Kherson sector for an extended period, holding back enemy forces until his last breath;
- Killed in action: While on duty and carrying out a combat order, the defender’s life was cut short as a result of combat operations.
Date and details of the funeral service in Chornyi Potok
The farewell to the Hero and the funeral service will take place on Sunday, November 8, 2026:
- 12:30 p.m. — A funeral procession carrying the fallen soldier’s body will depart from the Irshava City Medical Examiner’s Office and head toward his native village of Chornyi Potik;
- Honor guard: Residents of Irshava, neighboring towns, and the village of Chornyi Potik are urged to line the route of the procession and form a human honor guard, bowing their heads in tribute to the soldier’s heroism;
- 2:00 p.m. — The funeral service and requiem will begin in the courtyard of the defender’s family home at 27 Poshtova Street, Chornyi Potik;
- Burial: The soldier will be laid to rest with full military honors in the “Alley of Glory” at the local cemetery.
We express our deepest and most sincere condolences to the family, relatives, friends, comrades-in-arms, and all fellow villagers of Ivan Brovdiy. His self-sacrifice and contribution to the defense of Ukraine’s freedom are forever etched in the hearts of his fellow villagers.
May the memory of the Hero of Ukraine live on, and may he be eternally honored! Heroes never die!
Source: Irshava City Council.
