{"id":7543,"date":"2026-11-09T12:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/11\/09\/he-has-returned-to-his-final-resting-place-in-his-homeland-the-irshava-region-bid-farewell-to-ivan-brovdiy-a-defender-who-fell-in-the-kherson-region\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T14:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:18:47","slug":"he-has-returned-to-his-final-resting-place-in-his-homeland-the-irshava-region-bid-farewell-to-ivan-brovdiy-a-defender-who-fell-in-the-kherson-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/11\/09\/he-has-returned-to-his-final-resting-place-in-his-homeland-the-irshava-region-bid-farewell-to-ivan-brovdiy-a-defender-who-fell-in-the-kherson-region\/","title":{"rendered":"He has returned to his final resting place in his homeland: the Irshava region bid farewell to Ivan Brovdiy, a defender who fell in the Kherson region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The entire village of Chornyi Potik bowed their heads in tribute to the sacrifice of the 53-year-old staff sergeant. The soldier had been defending the southern front since 2022 and was killed while carrying out a combat mission.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chornyi Potik village council district of the Irshava City Territorial Community bid farewell to its brave defender \u201con the battlefield.\u201d On Sunday, November 8, in the village of Chornyi Potik, hundreds of fellow villagers, comrades-in-arms, and clergymen bid a final farewell to the brave soldier\u2014Junior Sergeant Ivan Ivanovich Brovdiy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Irshava City Council announced the farewell ceremony for the fallen defender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four Years on the Front Lines: The Combat Career of a Senior Gunner-Operator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ivan Brovdiy was born on April 13, 1973. From the very first months of the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, he joined the ranks of the Ukrainian Defense Forces without hesitation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n