Oleksandr V. Kapichun

Kapichun Oleksandr Valeriyovych was born on December 7, 1986. In 2009, he graduated from the Zhytomyr Military Institute named after S. P. Korolev with a gold medal. He served as a special forces operative and, since 2016, as an officer of the Special Operations Forces. He participated in the Anti-Terrorist Operation / Joint Forces Operation. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, due to his heroic actions, the special forces group led by Oleksandr Kapichun, by delivering a sudden strike, stopped the enemy column, destroying about 5 units of armored vehicles and a significant number of enemy personnel near the settlement of Makariv in the Kyiv region. On February 27, 2022, Oleksandr was killed while covering the group's retreat. The hero is survived by his wife and son. For personal courage and heroism displayed in defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and loyalty to the military oath, Kapichun Oleksandr Valeriyovych was posthumously awarded the title of "Hero of Ukraine" and the Order of the Golden Star.