Kostiantyn O. Kostenko

Born on November 28, 1994, in the city of Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast. In 2013, he graduated from secondary school No. 10 in the city of Voznesensk. He has been serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the fall of 2013. He served under contract as a senior shooter in the mechanized platoon of the 28th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0666, the urban-type settlement of Chornomorske, Kominternivskyi district (since 2016 - Lymanskyi district) of Odesa Oblast). Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On August 16, 2014, soldier Kostenko was killed by a heart wound during a shelling from the Grad multiple rocket launcher at the brigade's positions in the area of the village of Blahodatne, Amvrosiivskyi district, Donetsk Oblast. Along with him, 5 other servicemen were killed. On August 20, 2014, he was buried at the Laherske cemetery in the city of Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast.