Oleksii I. Aiko (Aikos)

Aiko Oleksiy Ivanovych was born on February 20, 1990, in Donetsk region. In 2007, he graduated from Mangush Secondary School I-III degrees No. 1. In 2008, Oleksiy Aiko began military service in the border guard units of the Eastern Regional Department of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Senior Sergeant Oleksiy Aiko, as part of the 1st Border Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, heroically carried out combat missions to defend the city of Mariupol in the Donetsk region. Thus, on March 3, 2022, the serviceman, as part of a combined unit of the 1st Border Detachment together with a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, carried out combat missions in the town of Stary Krym in the Donetsk region, located 7 km from the city of Mariupol, under constant missile and artillery strikes from the enemy. During the execution of combat missions to protect the territorial integrity of Ukraine and repel armed aggression from Russia in fierce combat confrontation, Oleksiy Aiko sustained a shrapnel wound incompatible with life. For personal courage, selfless actions demonstrated in defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and loyalty to the military oath, Senior Sergeant Aiko Oleksiy Ivanovych was posthumously awarded the Order of "For Courage" III degree.