Максим Миколайович. Троценко

Born on June 20, 1985, in the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, in a family of teachers. In 2001, he graduated from the 9th grade of Nikopol Secondary School No. 3, and in 2004 - from Nikopol Professional Lyceum with a specialty in "electric gas welding." He served his mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He worked as a security guard in private structures, and most recently as a rigger at the Limited Liability Company "Interpipe Niko Tube" in the city of Nikopol. On May 15, 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a sniper in the 40th Territorial Defense Battalion "Kryvbas" (since November 2014 - the 40th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion of the 17th Separate Tank Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - military unit 2603, city of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region). Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. In August 2014, he was involved in the battles for the city of Ilovaisk in the Donetsk region. On August 29, 2014, soldier Trotsenko, along with other servicemen, was exiting the "Ilovaisk cauldron" through the so-called "humanitarian corridor." In the area of the village of Novokaterynivka in the Starobeshivskyi district of the Donetsk region, the column was shelled by the enemy. Soldier Trotsenko was sitting on top of an armored vehicle when a strong explosion threw him directly under the wheels of a fast-moving armored personnel carrier, resulting in the soldier's death. On September 2, 2014, the body of Maxim Trotsenko, along with the bodies of 87 other soldiers killed in the "Ilovaisk cauldron," was brought to the morgue in the city of Zaporizhzhia. He was identified by his comrades and relatives. On September 7, 2014, he was buried in the city cemetery in Nikopol.