Andrii V. Plokhoi (Kopchenyi)

Born on June 26, 1983, in the village of Pervomaiske, Cherkasy district, Cherkasy region. In 2000, he graduated from the general education school in the village of Tubiltsi, Cherkasy district. Since 2000, he has been in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2005, he graduated from the Kharkiv Guards Order of the Red Banner Institute of Tank Troops named after the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute." Since July 28, 2005, he served under contract as the deputy commander of a tank company in the tank battalion of the 1st Separate Guards Tank Novgorod Order of the Red Banner, Kutuzov, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Alexander Nevsky, and Red Star Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1815, urban-type settlement Goncharivske, Chernihiv district, Chernihiv region). Since June 16, 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On August 3, 2014, the crew of the T-64BM "Bulat" tank No. 681 (tank commander - Captain Plokhoy, gunner - Sergeant Mansurov, driver-mechanic - Senior Soldier Nahorny) as part of the assault tank platoon participated in the offensive operation of the Ukrainian military against the positions of Russian-terrorist groups in the city of Luhansk. During the mission, Captain Plokhoy's tank, which was leading the column, detonated on a mine in the Krasny Yar microdistrict of the Zhovtnevyi district of Luhansk. As a result of the explosion, Sergeant Mansurov and Senior Soldier Nahorny were killed on the spot, Captain Plokhoy sustained burns and was thrown out of the vehicle by the blast wave. On the way to the hospital in the city of Shchastia (Novoaidar district, Luhansk region), the officer died. On August 7, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Pervomaiske, Cherkasy district.