Viktor M. Afanasenko

Born on October 24, 1973, in the village of Halahanivka, Semenivskyi district, Chernihiv region. In 1988, he graduated from the 8-year school in Halahanivka, and in 1991 — from the secondary school in Kurkovychi, Starodubskyi district, Bryansk region (Russia). From 1991 to 1993, he served in the military. After demobilization, he returned to his native village. From 1993 to 1997, he worked as a combine harvester and tractor driver at the collective agricultural enterprise "New Life" (Halahanivka), from 1997 to 1999 — as a land surveyor in the Halahanivka village council, and since 1999 — as a laborer and mechanizer. On September 2, 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was a gunner in the 41st battalion of territorial defense of Chernihiv region "Chernihiv-2" (since November 2014 — 41st separate motorized infantry battalion of the 1st separate tank brigade of the ground forces) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Since 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in Eastern Ukraine. On March 12, 2015, he was buried in the cemetery of Halahanivka in Chernihiv region.