Bizhan Sharopov

Defense of Ukraine   @DefenceU   Bizhan Sharopov is one of 31 service members who have been posthumously awarded the title "Hero of Ukraine" by President @ZelenskyyUa . He was a scientist and a warrior. Bizhan founded the "Ukrainian Genetic Technologies" company. In 2019, he received his PhD and began working at the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Physiology, where he examined Alzheimer's disease. He participated in the Revolution of Dignity before becoming a volunteer in the early days of Russian aggression. He served in the "Aidar" battalion from 2014 to 2015. When the full-scale war broke out, Bizhan joined the forces. He died on April 13, 2022, near the village of Borove in the Kharkiv region, while covering the evacuation of his unit from an encirclement. He saved 50 people at the cost of his life