Vladislav “Ryaba” Ryabukha - a fan of the football club “Kryvbas” (Kryvyi Rih), a representative of the team “The Company”.

Vladislav Ruslanovich Ryabukha was born on August 12, 1996 in the city of Kryvyi Rih. He studied at school №126, after which he received his higher education at the Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs. From the age of 5 he was engaged in karate, which greatly influenced his character. He was a reliable support and support to his mother and younger brothers. Sport taught him to set goals and achieve them. He had numerous awards in Ukrainian and international competitions, including second place at the European Championship in 2007. At the age of 17, he became a KMS in karate, also engaged in other types of martial arts.

In 2017, he joined the Kryvbas fan movement, took an active part in the football life. In the same year, he became a member of the Kryvyi Rih branch of the organization “Centuria”, from the first days of its creation, and also joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he served in the Donetsk region. Arriving at the unit as a 19-year-old cadet, the following year he was promoted in rank, received the President's Commendation and other awards.

After the end of the contract in 2019, he returned to civilian life: he began to recover at the university, continued to communicate with friends from the fan movement and “Centuria”. Actively attended marches and actions, prepared for the coming war. According to the memories of his teammates, the last agreed fight of Vladislav was an arranged meeting with the Kharkiv team of SPC.

In civilian life, Vladislav worked in the company “Kryvbas-Metiz”, was one of the leaders in the family business. Relatives recall how easily he made friends and new acquaintances, but there were no random people near him. He has always been a fighter for truth and honor.

He met the beginning of a full-scale war in Kryvyi Rih, in the early days he joined the 98th battalion of the Azov-Dnipro Troop. Together with his teammates and friends from the Kherson “Krystal” he participated in defensive and counter-offensive actions in the Zaporizhzhya area. Since November 2022, he joined the ranks of the newly formed 3rd Assault Brigade. He fought in the rank of junior sergeant, was commander of the combat vehicle of the 2nd Mechanized Detachment.

On January 14, 2023, Vladislav Ryabukha disappeared while performing a combat mission near Klishchivka (Bakhmut district).