Ivan V. Mikhno

Born on February 1, 1974, in the village of Luhanka, Petrovsky District, Kirovohrad Region. Graduated from the secondary school in the village of Luhanka. From 1992 to 1994, he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Since 1994, he worked as a driver in the agricultural production cooperative "Agrofirma Mariampolskaya" in the village of Luhanka, later at the Limited Liability Company "Granite Group" at the Petrovsky quarry. In July 2015, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a senior mechanic-driver of an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in the 28th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0666 (field post V0095), the urban-type settlement of Chornomorske, Kominternivskyi District (since 2016 - Lymanskyi District) of Odesa Region). From summer to autumn 2015, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On November 23, 2015, Junior Sergeant Mikhno died of a heart attack while on duty at a checkpoint in the area of the urban-type settlement of Horodyshche, Perevalskyi District, Luhansk Region. He was buried on November 26, 2015, in the cemetery of the village of Luhanka, Petrovsky District, Kirovohrad Region.