Oleksandr H. Deineko

Deineko Oleksandr Hryhorovych was born on May 6, 1970. He first studied at the Chervonoukrianska school, and later at the Berezanska school, where he completed his full general secondary education. Thanks to his sociability, he had many friends with whom he maintained good relationships even in adulthood. When it was time to choose his further path, he chose a profession for a real man - the military. In 1987, he entered the Alma-Ata Higher General Military Command School. After graduating, he was sent to the Western Group of Forces, where he was entrusted with commanding a motorized rifle platoon. Later, he headed a mechanized company in the Odesa Military District, commanded the staff of a mechanized battalion, and was the head of the operational department of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Southern District. He received the rank of major at the age of 28. Later, there was a period of civilian life and work until 2017, when Oleksandr Hryhorovych put on the military uniform again. He worked as the deputy of the Dobroslav District Military Commissariat of the Odesa region. He was discharged from the reserve in 2021 from the position of the head of the air defense command post. During his service, he repeatedly participated in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, in particular in Vuhledar of the Mariinsky district of Donetsk region. He received awards for conscientious service and military valor. Among the latest is the award of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Cossack Cross" of the III degree. He died on July 23, 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For personal courage and selfless actions manifested in the defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the military oath, Oleksandr Hryhorovych Deineko was posthumously awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky of the III degree.