Serhii O. Moskalenko

Born on September 17, 1976, in the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region. Graduated from general education school No. 20 in Nikopol, and in 1996 - from vocational technical school No. 42 in Nikopol (now Nikopol Professional Lyceum). Served mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the spring of 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 25th Separate Dnipropetrovsk Airborne Brigade of the High Mobility Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1126, the urban-type settlement of Hvardiyiske, Novomoskovsk district, Dnipropetrovsk region). From the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On June 14, 2014, around 01:00 AM, the military transport aircraft IL-76 MD of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, while approaching to land at the airport in the city of Luhansk, was shot down by terrorists using a portable anti-aircraft missile system. On board the aircraft were 40 servicemen of the 25th Separate Dnipropetrovsk Airborne Brigade, including soldier Moskalenko, and 9 crew members. As a result of the crash, all personnel of the airborne unit and the aircraft crew were killed. On July 25, 2014, he was buried at the Alley of Glory in the city cemetery of Nikopol. In the city of Nikopol, on September 26, 2014, a memorial plaque was opened in his honor on the facade of general education school No. 20 (Shevchenko Street, 204), and on April 7, 2016, another plaque was opened on the facade of the Nikopol Professional Lyceum (Trubnykiv Avenue, 16), where Serhiy Moskalenko studied.