Serhii Ye. Stepanenko (Pashtet)

In his childhood, he often moved with his parents (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan), and he graduated from school in Boryspil. He served his mandatory military service as a midshipman in the Far Eastern Fleet. In 1987, he obtained a secondary technical education in the specialty of "Radio Broadcasting and Radio Communication." In 1999, he settled in Kyiv region with his family. He worked as a concrete worker at the LLC "Trust Boryspilbud," as a taxi driver, and engaged in entrepreneurship in the construction sector. Since February 9, 2015, he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine under contract and was seriously wounded near Popasna. After the contract ended, he signed a new one and returned to the front line in his battalion on December 6, 2016.