Oleksandr V. Kovalchuk

Soldier Oleksandr Kovalchuk died on April 11, 2022 near the village of Novozlatopil, Zaporizhia region. In the battle with the occupiers, he received a fatal shrapnel wound. The warrior was 44 years old. Oleksandr was born in the village of Pesetz, Khmilnytskyi region. He studied at Pesetz and Otrokivka secondary schools. He served in the regular army. He worked as a mechanic at various enterprises in his native village. He loved sports, especially football, and fishing. With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the man was called up to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 3rd separate tank brigade. He held the position of tank commander. "He very much loved his daughters, had many friends, and godparents. He loved to work on the land. All his life he worked as a tractor driver, cultivated the land. He was a real master in his house, but the damned war took away from me the best husband, and from the daughters - the best dad in the world," the fallen defender's wife said. The tank man was buried in his native village. At home, Oleksandr was awaited by his wife Larysa and two daughters: Iryna and Viktoriia. Oleksandr Kovalchuk was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage of the III degree. On November 5, 2023, a memorial plaque was opened to the hero in his native village.