Mykola V. Savchuk

Mykola Volodymyrovych Savchuk was born on April 25, 1983, in the city of Mariupol, Donetsk region. He lost his father at an early age; his father was also a navigator and died in Africa, leaving three children orphaned. He graduated from the Kharkiv National University of the Air Force named after Ivan Kozhedub. He dedicated his life to military aviation. He completed air force management courses in the USA, served as a military observer for the UN mission in Sudan, and frequently went on foreign assignments. During the ATO/OOS period, he was on combat duty at operational airfields and was involved in combat missions. On February 24, 2022, he was killed while performing a combat mission to strike enemy personnel and equipment in the area of the village of Farbovane in Kyiv region. For personal courage and heroism displayed in the defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, as well as loyalty to the military oath, Mykola Volodymyrovych Savchuk was posthumously awarded the Order of "For Courage" III class.