Viktor M. Myronenko

Born on September 22, 1989, in the urban-type settlement of Vyshneve, Pyatykhatskyi district, Dnipropetrovsk region. In 2005, he graduated from the 9th grade of the general education school in the urban-type settlement of Vyshneve and from the Erastivskyi College named after E.K. Brodskyi of the Dnipropetrovsk State Agrarian and Economic University in the urban-type settlement of Vyshneve. He served his mandatory military service in the 17th Separate Tank Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A3283, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region). After demobilization, he worked in the local quarry management. In August 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a tank commander of the T-64 tank battalion of the 17th Separate Tank Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A3283, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region). Since November 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. He served near the urban-type settlement of Luhanske in the Artemivsk (now Bakhmutskyi) district of Donetsk region. During the battles for the city of Debaltseve in Donetsk region, soldier Myronenko destroyed two enemy tanks and an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). On February 17, 2015, soldier Myronenko was killed while retreating from the area of the city of Debaltseve. His tank was hit by a direct shell strike, causing the turret to be blown off. The serviceman burned alive in the burning vehicle. On June 19, 2015, he was buried in the cemetery of the urban-type settlement of Vyshneve, Pyatykhatskyi district, Dnipropetrovsk region.