Oleksii V. Volkov

Born on May 24, 1994, in the village of Novi Stavky, Arbuzynskyi district, Mykolaiv region. In 2010, he graduated from 9 grades of a general education school, and in 2013 - from Mykolaiv Professional Lyceum. From the autumn of 2013, he served under contract in the 79th Separate Airborne Brigade of the High Mobility Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0224, Mykolaiv city). Since the spring of 2014, he participated in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in eastern Ukraine. On July 11, 2014, in the area of the village of Zelenopillya, Sverdlovsk (since 2016 - Dovzhanskyi) district of Luhansk region, around 4:30 in the morning, Russian-terrorist groups shelled the base camp of Ukrainian troops with BM-21 "Grad" multiple rocket launchers. As a result of the shelling, 7 servicemen of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and 30 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, including Oleksiy Volkov. Only 3 weeks after the shelling, Oleksiy's body was identified through DNA testing. On July 31, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Mykhailivka, Ochakiv district, Mykolaiv region. On December 3, 2014, a memorial plaque was unveiled in Mykolaiv city on the facade of the Mykolaiv Professional Lyceum building (Rekordna Street, 69), where Oleksiy Volkov studied.