Ukrainian former hockey player killed in a war with Russian occupiers

Makar Yerofieiev, a former hockey player for a number of Ukrainian clubs, died in the war with the Russian occupiers. The 24-year-old athlete fell victim to enemy shelling on November 11 in the battle for Andriivka in the Bakhmut sector.

This is stated on the official website of the Ukrainian Ice Hockey Federation. Yerofieiev was a senior lieutenant and deputy commander of the reconnaissance company of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade. He played for the hockey clubs Yastruby, Aurora and Zenit.

According to the brother of the deceased soldier, Anton, Makar led the newly recruited soldiers into battle personally, and when they retreated, they carried the wounded man, whom Yerofieiev did not leave until the last despite the shelling. The former hockey player was killed by a mortar shell.

"Makar always went into battle even when his commanders forbade him to do so. Makar could not see the death of his subordinates on the screen and hear them being wounded on the radio, he always went into battle with them. He was loved by everyone he knew. There are no words to describe the tragedy of your death, brother. But as long as I live, I will avenge you," Anton wrote.

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