Shestopal Volodymyr Volodymyrovych was the senior master of the repair shop of the Battalion of Material Support of the 72nd Special Guard Mechanized Brigade of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a soldier.
He was born on 22 February, 1979 in the city Fastiv, Kyiv region. He graduated the 9th form of high school №9 of the town of Fastiv (now - the Fastiv educational complex "Lyceum of Information Technologies - Specialized General School of I-III degrees №9") in 1996 and the special vocational school №18 of the city Fastiv (now - Fastovsky Center of vocational education) in the specialty "gas welder". He worked as a welder at the Fakel Open Joint-Stock Company.
From June 1997 to December 1998 he was in the regular military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Studied at the 169th Training Center of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0665, village settlement Desna, Kozeletsky district, Chernihiv region), where he received the specialty "driver of diesel installations". He served in the military unit in the city Uman, Cherkasy region.
After demobilization, he returned to the city Fastiv. He worked in the Polifast printing house. From October 2007 to April 2008, he worked as a senior operator of a digging machine at the Amida Plus Limited Liability Company (Kyiv city), from May 2008 to September 2010 as a loader, mechanic at the Kryzel-Building Materials Limited Liability Company (The city of Fastov of the Kiev region), from November 2010 to January 2011 - the executor of works of road-repair point № 5 of Vasylkiv road-operation area, from April to July 2011 - guardian of "Ukrreftrans" (the city of Fastov of the Kiev region I) from July to August 2011 - Safety Officer of the Limited Liability Company ECO (Fastiv, Kyiv region), from August to November 2013 - as a machinist of cutting machines at the Amida Plus Limited Liability Company (the city of Kyiv) . Recently, he was hired as labor-intensive.
During the Revolution of Dignity he belonged to the Self-defense of the Mainland of Fastiv district.
On 20 March, 2014, he was mobilized by the Fastiv United Military Commissariat, Kyiv region to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as the senior master of the repair company of the Battalion of material support of the 72nd separate guards mechanized brigade of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military part of A2167, the city of Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region).
From May 1, 2014, he participated in an anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine.
On 5 August, 2014 he was shot dead by Major Serhiy Dzhumanyazov, when he stood up for a friend on a post office "Sontsevo" under the city Amvrosievka, Donetsk region.
On 9 August, 2014 he was buried on the Alley of Fame of the International Cemetery in the city Fastiv, Kyiv region.
He was awarded the Order "For Courage" of the III class (14.11.2014; posthumously).
Honorary citizen of the city of Fastiv (03.09.2015; posthumously).
The wife, two sons and the daughter are left.
On 4 August, 2015, in the city Fastiv, on the facade of the building of the Fastiv educational complex "Lyceum of Information Technologies - Specialized comprehensive school of І-ІІІ degrees №9" (Shevchenko street , 39), where Volodymyr Shestopal studied, the memorial plaque was established. According to decision of the Fastiv City Council from 29 January, 2016, Kulibin‘s lane was renamed to Volodymyr Shestopal‘s lane.