Hennadii V. Kuts

Born on June 2, 1991, in the city of Chernihiv. Lived in the village of Kopyta, Chernihiv district, Chernihiv region. Graduated from the general education school named after Hero of the Soviet Union I.M. Hrachov in the village of Kopyta and the Chernihiv Professional Construction Lyceum. In the spring of 2011, he was drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served under contract as a tank commander of a tank platoon in the tank company of the tank battalion of the 1st Separate Guards Tank Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1815, the urban-type settlement of Honcharivske, Chernihiv district, Chernihiv region). Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On August 18, 2014, during shelling by separatists from a BM-21 "Grad" multiple rocket launcher at Ukrainian positions near the city of Luhansk, Sergeant Kuts sustained severe burns. He was evacuated to a hospital, where he died from his injuries on August 19, 2014. He was buried on August 22, 2014, in the cemetery of the village of Kopyta, Chernihiv district, Chernihiv region.