Sergiy KRUHLYAK

Serhiy Pavlovych Kruhlyak was born in the village of Sahaydak, Shyshaky District, Poltava Region. In November 2018, he began working as a trackman at the Poltava track maintenance unit. He resigned in March 2020 but soon realized that his destiny was with the railway, so he returned to his team in August of the same year.

He had over 11 years of experience working on the railway.

Serhiy went to fight on October 26, 2022. He held the rank of junior sergeant and served as an operator of a field bath for the logistics platoon of the 3rd Assault Battalion.

On June 3, 2025, Serhiy was killed near the settlement of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast as a result of an FPV drone strike while performing his duties, suffering closed blunt trauma to the chest and abdomen.

Serhiy was quiet, calm, and kind-hearted. He loved repairing cars and dreamed of completing driving courses and obtaining a driver's license to buy a car. He was known as someone always ready to help. He planned to remarry his former wife, the mother of his son.

He was awarded the "Veteran of War" medal and held a combatant's certificate.

Serhiy is survived by his parents, brother, son Maksym (born in 2017), and fiancée—his former wife.