Yevhenii A. Kravchenko

Born on September 13, 1991, in the city of Chernihiv. In 2006, he graduated from the 9th grade of Chernihiv Secondary School No. 34, and in 2009, he graduated from the Chernihiv Professional Construction Lyceum, obtaining the profession of "Electric Gas Welder." He served his mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In April 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 13th Territorial Defense Battalion "Chernihiv-1" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (in November 2014, the battalion was restructured into the 13th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion, which became part of the 1st Separate Guards Tank Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military unit field post V2278). From May to June 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. He was a participant in the battles for the city of Debaltseve in the Donetsk region. On January 31, 2015, Junior Sergeant Kravchenko was wounded in the lower limbs during a battle for checkpoint 1302 in the area of the city of Vuhlehirs'k in the Artemivsk (now Bakhmut) district of the Donetsk region. During evacuation to the Central District Hospital in the city of Artemivsk (now Bakhmut) in the Donetsk region, Yevheniy Kravchenko died from significant blood loss. On February 5, 2015, he was buried in the "Yatsevo" cemetery in the city of Chernihiv. On October 13, 2015, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the facade of the Chernihiv Professional Construction Lyceum (Myr Avenue, 247) in Chernihiv, honoring the graduates who died during the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine, among whom was the name of Yevheniy Kravchenko. In September 2016, a memorial plaque was unveiled in Chernihiv on the facade of Chernihiv Secondary School No. 34 (Textylnykiv Street, 27), where Yevheniy Kravchenko studied.