Ihor O. Tokarenko

Born on January 23, 1995, in the city of Bryanka, Luhansk region. Graduated from a general education school. Served under contract in the 25th Separate Dnipropetrovsk Airborne Brigade of the High Mobility Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1126, the urban-type settlement of Hvardiyiske, Novomoskovsk district, Dnipropetrovsk region). Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On June 14, 2014, around 01:00 at night, the military transport aircraft IL-76 MD of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, while approaching to land at the airport in the city of Luhansk, was shot down by terrorists using a portable anti-aircraft missile system. On board the aircraft were 40 servicemen of the 25th Separate Dnipropetrovsk Airborne Brigade, including soldier Tokarenko, and 9 crew members. As a result of the crash, all personnel of the airborne unit and the aircraft crew were killed. Buried in the cemetery of the village of Vilne, Novomoskovsk district, Dnipropetrovsk region.