Taras S. Malyshenko

Born on May 20, 1984, in the city of Pershotravensk, Dnipropetrovsk region. In 2001, he graduated from general education school No. 1 in Pershotravensk, and in 2002 - from vocational technical school No. 40 in Pershotravensk (now - Pershotravensk Mining Lyceum) and obtained the profession of "Underground Electric Locomotive Driver." He worked as a driver of mining extraction machines in the preparatory work section No. 2 of DTEK SHU "Pershotravenske." On March 25, 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). Since 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 Malyshenko, and 9 crew members. As a result of the crash, all personnel of the airborne unit and the aircraft crew were killed. He is buried in the city cemetery of Pershotravensk.