.Vasilev was 44. He was born on September 25, 1974 in the village of Bukachivska Sloboda (subordinate to the settlement council of the town of Bukachinka) in the Rogatin district of Ivano-Frankivsk region. He lived in Ivano-Frankivsk.

He graduated from the vocational technical school with a degree in "locksmith-toolmaker" and served a term of service in Zhytomyr.

In the summer of 2018 he went to the army.

In June, the warrior was to return home.

In the morning of May 16, 2019, a hostile landmine flew into the trench of the Ukrainian defenders of the village of Vodyane, Volnovakha district in Donetsk.

Basil was killed.