Maksym Yu. Kochura

Born on January 7, 1979, in the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region. In childhood and youth, he lived in the village of Mozoliyivka, Globynskyi district, Poltava region. In 1996, he graduated from a general education school, then from vocational technical school No. 19 in the city of Kremenchuk, Poltava region (now the Regional Center for Vocational and Technical Education No. 1 in Kremenchuk) with a specialty in "plasterer-tiler." He served in the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (since March 2014 - the National Guard of Ukraine). He served in a military unit in the Donetsk region. After the army, he lived in the city of Kremenchuk, Poltava region. For two years, he worked as a stamp worker at the Kremenchuk Wheel Plant, and from 2001, he worked in construction organizations and private enterprises in the city of Kremenchuk. On May 12, 2015, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a machine gunner in the 2nd motorized infantry platoon of the 13th separate motorized infantry battalion of the 58th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit field post V2278). He participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On May 28, 2016, around 1:00 PM, soldier Kochura was killed as a result of a mine explosion of a ZIL vehicle near the village of Novoselivka Druha, Yasynuvata district, Donetsk region, north of the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk region. On May 31, 2016, he was buried in the Sector of Fallen Heroes of the Anti-Terrorist Operation at the Svyshtov Cemetery in the city of Kremenchuk.