In 2005 he graduated from the Faculty of Sociology and Law with a degree in Administrative Management.
Volodymyr was a lieutenant in the tactical early response unit of the Ukrainian patrol police.
"Unfortunately, Volodymyr did not have time to create his own family... However, he had a family, reliable and real one! That is a big family of patrol police! Those are brothers and sisters in arms, commanders, familiar friends with whom he served," - the Head of the Patrol Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine Yevgeniy Zhukov emphasized.
Volodymyr Knyazev’s identification shield was placed on the Memorial to the fallen patrol policemen in Kyiv, his name and history will forever remain in the Book of Memory of the Patrol Police of Ukraine.