Leonid V. Derhach (Akademik)

In 2000, he graduated from the National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. He worked in the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Chernivtsi region. Since 2006, he has been an associate professor at the Department of Justice of the Law Faculty of Chernivtsi National University named after Yuri Fedkovych. He holds a PhD in Law and headed a legal clinic (providing free legal assistance). He went to the front at the beginning of 2015 under mobilization, appointed as an assistant grenade launcher. From March 2015 to June 2016 and from October 2016 to February 2017, he carried out combat missions in the ATO zone. With the rank of lieutenant, he commanded a platoon and later became the acting commander of the 9th company. He fought in the area of Volnovakha (Petrivske, Bila Kamianka, Nova Laspa), Verkhnotoretske, and Horlivka. Recently, he trained young fighters arriving in the ATO zone at the front. At the end of January, the unit was transferred to Avdiivka. For his combat merits, the command repeatedly nominated Leonid Derhach for state awards.