Vladislav “Obzhora” Kuchma is a fan of the football club “Kryvbas” (Kryvyi Rih).

Vladislav Olegovich Kuchma was born on February 11, 1994 in the city of Kryvyi Rih. He graduated from secondary school No. 31, after which he continued his studies at the Kryvyi Rih Mining and Metallurgical Lyceum.

As a child, he was fond of football, worked in the section “Miner”. In the third grade he entered the sports school at FC Kryvbas, but did not pass selection. I loved fishing very much. Since childhood, he ran with a fishing rod to the river that was nearby, and already in adulthood he traveled with friends.

According to the memories of childhood friends, Vladislav loved football from a young age, when he still played at the school stadium. He began to attend Kryvbas matches in 2006, and in 3 years, as a student of the 9th grade, he began to attend the fan sector.

In the pre-war period, he attended away matches of his hometown club together with the team “The Company”. Trips to Odessa, Kharkov and now occupied Luhansk. Teammates say that in the pictures Vladislav is smiling everywhere. He was always considered the soul of the company, because he was a kind, brave and fun guy.

Friends from the movement recall that Odessa and Kharkiv were Vlad's favorite trips, but the attempt to overcome the Kharkiv-Luhansk-Kropyvnytskyi “tee” was not successful for him and ended at the stage of hitchhiking to Luhansk.

Another story happened on the way to Odessa, when the Kryvyi Rih fans made a lot of noise and someone called the police then. There was a scuffle, and in the morning the “golden eagle” was already waiting at the station. But having divided into “twos”, Vladislav and friends were able to get out unnoticed through other cars.

He eventually became a fan because he loved football and his hometown club, which he wanted to play for since childhood, for which he cheered from the school board.

In civilian life, Vladislav worked at the ArcelorMittal enterprise, to which he came at the age of 20. He held a position in mine management, was a miner of the slaughterhouse. I wanted to travel, but the time would come - to start a family.

In 2016, he began military service as part of one of the units of the NGU. Participant in hostilities. In 2017, a participant of the ATO in the Luhansk region. In 2021 - a member of the PLO in the Luhansk region. as part of the 24th OMBR.

During the break from participation in hostilities, Vladislav continued to work as a miner. Hard and painstaking work in the mine, but he always wanted to work there, just like his mother, who was always a true example for him in life.

He was mobilized in May 2022 in Kharkiv TRO, received the nickname “Obzhora” among his brothers. Participated in the dismissed n.p. Borshchova (Kharkiv region). Subsequently, it became part of the 3rd OSBR. According to the memories of his brothers, Vladislav always agreed to tasks of any complexity. Always wanted to be with friends and destroy the enemy.

Vladislav Kuchma died on April 2, 2023 in fighting for the city of Bakhmut (Donetsk region). Once surrounded with his brothers, he received a bullet wound incompatible with life. The brothers remember that before the last task “Obzhora”, as always, smiled and joked. He was in a fighting mood to destroy the enemy with DSHK. He said then: - “Bakhmut is either 200 or 300. There will be no other.”

He is buried in the Central Cemetery in the sector of honorary burials of the city of Kryvyi Rih. He was awarded the badge “For Merit to the City” of the III degree (posthumously) and the Order “For Courage” of the III degree (posthumously). On February 17, 2024, the memorial plaque of Vladislav Kuchma was opened at the building of KZSH №31.

Eternal glory to the Hero!

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