Oleksii V. Valniukov (Leksus)

Soldier Oleksiy Valnyukov (call sign Lexus) was killed on August 25, 2022, while performing a combat mission near the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. The warrior was 30 years old. Oleksiy was born and lived in the city of Pershotravensk, Dnipropetrovsk region. He stu at school No. 5. Then he graduated from Pershotravensk Mining Lyceum. He worked as a machinist of mining machines at the Dniprovskaya mine. In his free time, he loved to fish and repair cars. With the start of the full-scale war, the man joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was a shooter of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade "Cold Yar". "Beloved, you were always a support for us, a Hero. You taught me to love and be loved. We were side by side for 9 years. Thank you for our beautiful daughter, who is very similar to you. Oleksiy was a kind, sensitive person. He was respected by everyone who knew him. He always helped in difficult times and never refused. He always supported not with words, but with deeds," said the wife of the deceased, Tetyana. The defender was buried in his hometown. Oleksiy left behind his parents, wife, daughter, and two sons.