Serhii V. Kutsenko

Born on December 4, 1981, in the urban-type settlement of Zhovtneve, Bilopil District, Sumy Region. In 1999, he graduated from the general education school of the urban-type settlement of Zhovtneve, Bilopil District. He served his mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He graduated from the Sumy Vocational School of Police Personnel Training of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Sumy Region. Since 2004, he worked as a gas-electric welder in the combined workshop of titanium dioxide at PJSC "Sumychemprом" in the city of Sumy. In March 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 9th rocket battery of the 3rd rocket artillery division of the 27th rocket artillery regiment of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (since 2015 - the 27th rocket artillery brigade - military unit A1476 - city of Sumy). Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On September 3, 2014, near the village of Pobeda in the Novoaidar District of Luhansk Region, the base camp of the 27th rocket artillery regiment was shelled from the territory of the Russian Federation with the multiple launch rocket system "Smerch." As a result of the shelling, 15 servicemen were killed, including Serhiy Kutsenko. On September 9, 2014, he was buried in the Alley of Honorary Citizens at the Central Cemetery of the city of Sumy. On February 11, 2016, a memorial plaque was installed on the facade of the specialized school building (6 Komsomolskaya Street) in the urban-type settlement of Zhovtneve, Bilopil District, where Serhiy Kutsenko studied.