Serhii O. Kasianov

Born on October 8, 1995, in the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region. In 2010, he graduated from 9 grades of a general education school, and in 2013 - from the Nikopol Professional Lyceum with a specialty in "Painter, Plasterer. Tiler." He has been in the Armed Forces of Ukraine since October 2013. He served under contract in the 93rd Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1302, the urban-type settlement of Cherkaskoye, Novomoskovsk district, Dnipropetrovsk region), then as a scout in the 74th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1035, the urban-type settlement of Cherkaskoye, Novomoskovsk district, Dnipropetrovsk region). Since August 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. He was a participant in the battles for Donetsk airport. On January 15, 2015, soldier Kasyanov died from severe wounds in battle during a massive attack by Russian armed formations on Donetsk International Airport. He was buried on January 18, 2015, at the city cemetery in Nikopol.