From the first days, more than three hundred Kyiv polytechnics, thousands of graduates of previous years stood up in arms to defend their homeland.
Among them was Yuriy Popil, Associate Professor of the Welding Department of the E.O. Paton Institute of IMZ, PhD in Engineering!
On February 24, 2022, russia launched an open full-scale offensive against our country. The explosions we heard that morning in all parts of Ukraine are heard almost every day today. We can distinguish the sounds of flying shaheds, missiles and air defense systems.
Volodymyr graduated from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 2008 with a degree in electrical engineering. Before the full-scale Russian invasion, he worked in his specialty. He was a professional in his field. He always treated his professional duties with great responsibility.
A full-scale war unleashed by the Russian aggressor has been going on in Ukraine for almost two years. There are many employees, students and graduates of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute among the defenders of the Motherland.
"Unique" and "the first in Ukraine" - these definitions were most often heard on January 25 from the participants of the opening of the multifunctional shelter CLUST SPACE for students, teachers and staff of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in the university's Scientific and Technical Library named after H.I. Denysenko.
Kyiv Polytechnics handed over 20 diving suits for the military. The suits will help the special forces of the SSU Alpha to perform combat missions.
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and Japanese companies will work together in the areas of humanitarian demining, space technology, support for Ukrainian business and innovation.
The parties will start a partnership to create a unique educational program in humanitarian demining at KPI.
Oleh Kubey, a student of the Department of Physical Chemistry, who went on academic leave to defend the state, was killed during a combat mission in the Kherson region (Krynky village) on the extreme bridgehead of the left bank of the Dnipro River.
Oleg was a second-year student of the FEA. From the first days of the full-scale war, he volunteered for the TRO forces. He defended Ukraine on the border with Belarus, and then on the eastern front.
Oleh was killed in action while defending his homeland.
Andrii Havrushkevych, associate professor of the Institute of MMI of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, who fought as a scout for more than a year, was awarded the Order of Merit III degree. On February 24, 2022, he volunteered to defend the country.
