Mykola O. Kutsenko

Born on September 23, 1992, in the city of Myrhorod, Poltava region. In 2009, he graduated from general education school No. 7 in Myrhorod. Since 2009, he has been in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2013, he graduated from the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy (Lviv) with a degree in "Management of Tank Troops Operations." Since 2013, he served in the 1st Separate Guards Tank Brigade of Novhorod, awarded the Orders of the Red Banner, Kutuzov, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Alexander Nevsky, and the Red Star of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1815, urban-type settlement Hontcharivsk, Chernihiv district, Chernihiv region). Since the spring of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On July 27, 2014, Lieutenant Kutsenko was killed while saving the crew of a tank that came under fire in the area of the city of Luhuhyne, Luhansk region. On July 30, 2014, he was buried in the city cemetery on Petrivska Street in Myrhorod.