Hero of Ukraine and businessman Vadaturskyi dies during Russian shelling – Ukrainska Pravda source

ROMAN KRAVETS, ROMAN PETRENKO — SUNDAY, 31 JULY 2022, 10:39

Oleksii Vadaturskyi, a Hero of Ukraine and the owner of the major grain trading company Nibulon, was killed at the age of 74 during the shelling of Mykolaiv on the night of 30 July.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda source, close to Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration; Vitalii Kim, the head of the Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration 

Details: It has been confirmed to Ukrainska Pravda that a Russian shell had hit Vadaturskyi's house, and his wife was also killed.

Quote: "It's true.

Their house was hit. The wife's body has already been taken out."

Updated: This information was later confirmed by the head of the Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration.

Quote from Kim: "Today our city has lost its Hero. 

The Hero of Ukraine, Oleksii Vadaturskyi, general director of the Nibulon company, and his wife Raisa Mykhailivna, tragically died as a result of shelling of the city at night. Vadaturskyi has done a lot for Mykolaiv Oblast and for Ukraine. His contribution to the development of the agricultural and shipbuilding industry and the development of the region has been invaluable."

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