At the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, in the space of the museum exhibition "

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On February 24, 2022, the personnel of the unit of senior lieutenant Viktor Golovko performed tasks to defend the Kyiv airport: they must prevent enemy sabotage groups from creating a springboard for landing. In early March, NSU special forces were transferred to the Vyshgorodsky district of the Kiev region.. In neighboring settlements and surrounding forests, enemy DRGs operated, Russian rashists were looking for crossings over the. Irpin for the development of a further offensive towards the capital. And already on March 12, while performing a combat mission, the unit fell into a fire ambush. Applying a tourniquet to one of the fighters, Viktor Golovko saw an enemy grenade fall nearby. He covered himself with a colleague, as a result of which he himself was injured.

Despite the pain, the officer carried his comrade from the battlefield to the evacuation vehicle. But when landing, the enemy hit the car from an RPG. The senior lieutenant and two soldiers died on the spot.

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For courage and heroism, by Decree of the President of Ukraine dated April 17, 2022 No. 251/2022, Senior Lieutenant Viktor Aleksandrovich Golovko was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine (posthumously). The event was attended by the family of Viktor Golovko, his friends and brothers.