Artem E. Kuchuk (Toma)

The last battle of senior soldier Artem Kuchuk (call sign Tioma) was on May 28, 2024 near the village of Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region. While carrying out a combat mission, he received fatal injuries during an enemy artillery barrage. The warrior is now forever 35 years old. Artem was born in the city of Berdychiv, Zhytomyr region. He received secondary education. After finishing school, he served in the army. In 2008, he got married and moved to Kharkiv. There, he worked as a foreman at the Elektrova-Mazh plant. On February 26, 2022, the man voluntarily joined the ranks of the 139th battalion of the 115th Territorial Defense Brigade. Later, he became a senior rifleman in the airborne unit of the 77th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "My Artem was extraordinarily kind, brave, courageous, fair, always acting according to his conscience, and most importantly, he was a loving husband, the best dad, an attentive son, a true friend, and a reliable comrade-in-arms," said the warrior's wife Tetiana. The paratrooper was buried in the village of Sadky in the Zhytomyr region, next to his grandfather, as Artem had requested. The defender left behind his parents, sister, wife, and two sons, who were 14 and 9 years old at the time of his death.