Artur O. Pushanko

Born on December 30, 1993, in the city of Zhytomyr. In 2008, he graduated from the 9th grade of secondary school No. 28 in Zhytomyr, and in 2011, he graduated with honors from the Zhytomyr Institute of Nursing with a specialty in "Dentistry." In the fall of 2011, he was drafted for mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 4th Airborne Company of the 2nd Airborne Battalion of the 95th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1910, city of Zhytomyr). Since 2012, he served under a contract. In the fall of 2013, he was transferred to the 2nd Airborne Assault Company of the 1st Airborne Assault Battalion of the 95th Separate Airborne Brigade of the High Mobility Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0281, city of Zhytomyr). Since the spring of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On July 19, 2014, the forces of the anti-terrorist operation conducted an offensive on the positions of terrorists in the area of the city of Lysychansk in the Luhansk region. During the battle, while saving the lives of his wounded comrades, Sergeant Pushanko received several gunshot wounds incompatible with life. Also in this battle, Senior Lieutenant Savchenko, Senior Soldier Burlak, Soldier Lyapin, and Soldier Klym were killed. On July 24, 2014, he was buried at the Smolyan Military Cemetery in the city of Zhytomyr. On May 4, 2017, a memorial plaque was unveiled in the city of Zhytomyr on the facade of the building of the Zhytomyr Institute of Nursing (46/15 Velyka Berdychivska Street), where Arthur Pushanko studied.