Oleh O. Onikiienko

During the Soviet era, Oleg had to go through the war in Afghanistan, the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, and two rotations in Sierra Leone. In one of the hot spots, he sustained a serious injury and lived for 25 years with a bullet in his back. He lived with his family in the city of Brovary in the Kyiv region. He actively engaged in various sports. He worked as a security guard, including serving for 2 years as the head of security at the Kyiv rock club "Lenin." He appeared in the film "Point of the Year." During the Revolution of Dignity, he coordinated the situation in Brovary and set up checkpoints. In the spring of 2014, he went as an instructor to a National Guard military unit in Novyi Petrivtsi, and as part of the "Donbas" battalion, he went for training at the 169th training center in Desna. On June 20, he took the oath as part of the newly formed 11th territorial defense battalion "Kyivska Rus," serving as a sniper-reconnaissance officer. He participated in the clearing of Sloviansk from Russian terrorist groups and then defended the approach to the city on Mount Karachun for three weeks. Subsequently, he carried out missions in the area of the city of Debaltseve.