Oleksiy Khilskyi

Oleksiy Yuriyovych Khilskyi (Олексій Юрійович Хільський; 14 November 1987, Dniprodzerzhinsk (Kamyanske), Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR - 17 August 2023) was a Ukrainian theater and film actor, chief sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Biography
From 2005 to 2019, he was an actor of the Dnipro Drama Youth Theater "We Believe!". In 2014, he graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Theater and Art College. Since 2019, he has been living in Kyiv with his wife. He worked in the Vivat Children's Music and Drama Theater, acted in films and TV series. The couple had a daughter.

In the first days of the full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, he came to the defense of Ukraine. He was constantly on the front line. He participated in the offensive in the Kherson region, defended Bakhmut and Soledar. Died on August 17, 2023, while performing a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia direction.