Bohdan A. Honcharenko (Hannik)

Born on October 7, 1991, in the city of Melitopol, Zaporizhia region. In 2007, he graduated from the 9th grade of Melitopol Secondary School No. 8, and in 2010 - from the Melitopol Construction Center of Vocational and Technical Education. He served his mandatory military service in the 354th Training Mechanized Regiment of the 169th Training Center of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1048, the urban-type settlement of Desna, Kozelets district, Chernihiv region). On August 11, 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the Melitopol-Veselivka Combined District Military Commissariat of Zaporizhia region. He served as a rangefinder operator in the anti-aircraft artillery platoon of the security battalion of the 25th Guards Transport Aviation Brigade of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A3840, city of Melitopol, Zaporizhia region). Several times, Junior Sergeant Honcharenko wrote reports requesting to be sent to eastern Ukraine to participate in the anti-terrorist operation. From March 29, 2015, as part of the anti-aircraft crew of the consolidated unit of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Wild Duck," he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On April 13, 2015, around 9:00 AM, during another shelling of Ukrainian positions at the "Zenith" checkpoint near the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, a fragment of a 120-mm shell hit ammunition boxes in the dugout where the servicemen were located. As a result of the explosion, 5 fighters from the consolidated unit of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Wild Duck" were killed, including Junior Sergeant Bohdan Honcharenko. The identification of Bohdan Honcharenko's body was conducted through DNA testing. He was buried on June 22, 2015, at the New Cemetery in the city of Melitopol, Zaporizhia region.