[11] In the early hours of 31 July 2022, Vadaturskyy and his wife were killed by a Russian missile strike on their private house in the city of Mykolaiv.

[12] Seven or eight Russian missiles hit his home in the Zavodsky district, raising strong suspicions that Vadaturskyy was intentionally targeted and assassinated by Russia to affect the crop export industry of Ukraine.

[13] Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, called the missile strike a "premeditated murder [of] one of the most important agricultural entrepreneurs in the country".

[15] The Orthodox funeral service for Vadaturskyy on 12 August in a Kyiv cathedral was attended by several hundred people, including the mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Senkevych.

In 2014, following the Russian annexation of Crimea and support of separatists in the Donbass regions, Vadaturskyy financed a 2,000-strong militia with army vehicles.

Citizen of the Year” city program, Oleksiy Vadaturskyy was acknowledged as a Hero of 2020 for his considerable contribution to public health, fighting the coronavirus pandemic.