Serviceman and adviser to Minister of Strategic Industries, Yaroslav 'Loki' Oliynyk, dies in road accident
A serviceman and adviser to the Minister of Strategic Industries, Yaroslav Oliynyk, nicknamed Loki, died in a road accident. In the department, he was responsible for working with drone manufacturers, announced the former head of the ministry Alexander Kamyshin.
According to him, Yaroslav was one of the first members of the renewed team of the Ministry of Strategic Industries. Also, for some time he cooperated with the charitable foundation Come Back Alive where he was a consultant on the use of drones.
Loki joined the military and was a reconnaissance drone operator from the first days of the full-scale invasion. In particular, he took part in the battles in Kyiv Oblast and Chernihiv Oblast, and also liberated Kharkiv Oblast from Russian occupation in the fall of 2022. He joined the Ministry of Strategic Industries team in the summer of 2023.
Yaroslav died in a road accident together with his wife at the age of 28. Farewell to Loki will take place on September 10 in St. Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv.