On December 31, President Vladimir Zelensky presented the highest state awards to the soldiers of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, the Security Service and the State Border Service of Ukraine. The differences between the dead heroes were received by their relatives.

The memory of all our fallen defenders and defenders honored with a minute of silence. Photos and videos are posted on the website of the presidential office.

" We thank everyone and everyone who fights for the sake of the Ukrainian people. We thank everyone who brings up for Ukraine such sons and everyone who teaches, who passes their experience to our soldiers. All who are waiting for our Ukrainian heroes at home. And all who remembers the fallen our guys and girls, ”the head of state noted.

The highest state title is the Hero of Ukraine with the presentation of the Order "

Soldiers Alexey Tsikhanyuk and Igor Prokopyuk. On May 29, 2023, they were part of a group of six Ukrainian warriors, reflecting the assault on positions in the Lugansk region, to which about 80 Russian occupiers were involved. The soldiers defended their position and held two waves of the offensive. When the entire ammunition was used, they continued to beat off the attack with grenades. In this battle, Alexei Tsikhanyuk and Igor Prokopyuk died, but did not allow the advance of the enemy.

Lieutenant Nikolai Belous. In November 2023, under constant artillery and mortar shelling, he was able to return the lost positions. After the destruction of the enemy group, he organized a defense and repelled an attempt to counterattack. During this battle, the lieutenant was seriously injured, but continued to lead the consolidated unit and evacuation of the wounded. Only after this Nikolai Bilos was evacuated himself, but he died on the way.

Junior sergeant Igor Zakotsky. He carried out combat missions on Zaporozhye and Donetsk in the tactical group of MSC. More than once in difficult conditions carried out air intelligence and corrected the fire of our artillery. In addition, he organized ambushes and helped with the evacuation of wounded twin. Igor Zakotsky died in June 2023, when he covered the evacuation of the wounded with fire.

Junior sergeant Maxim Otinov. He carried out combat missions in the area of \u200b\u200bthe worker of the Zaporizhzhya region. He repeatedly reflected enemy assaults, captured the invaders, including a scout and sniper, extracted important documents, including passports of Nepal citizens, and also led a combat group to clean up and recover positions. Last year, on March 23, Maxim Otinov received incompatible wounds with life when he fell under mortar shelling during mining of one of the sections.

Senior Sergeant Vitaly Radio. At the end of March 2024 he headed the amplification group, which cleared the area and buildings from Russian invaders after the assault on Semenovka, Donetsk region. During the clashes of April 1, the senior sergeant personally destroyed 10 invaders. On the same day, the Russians discovered a group and struck a drone-kamikadze. Vitaly Radio gave the fighters an order to disperse and thanks to this saved their lives, but he himself died.

Soldier Vladislav Bogatyrenko. During the battles in the Donetskin in 2023, he personally destroyed nine invaders, including the militants of the Wagner PMC, he took prisoner of two more. Under dense fire, he assisted the wounded twin and evacuated them. He was wounded several times and each time returned to the front. On July 15 of the same year, during the next battle, Vladislav Bogatyrenko destroyed the four mercenaries of the PMC "

Junior Lieutenant Sergey Yurchik. As a platoon commander in June 2022 during a battle in the Bakhmut district, despite severe injuries, destroyed 16 Russian infantrymen and ensured the regrouping of personnel. Thanks to this, it was possible to preserve the life of subordinates, but Sergei Yurchik died of wounds, which he received in battle.

Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Gusev (NSU). Defended Ukraine since 2016. Near Slavyansk, he lured about 30 Russian infantrymen into an abandoned building and threw it with grenades. The group under his leadership repeatedly performed intelligence and destroyed the enemy. June 3, 2023, the guards were ambushed by the enemy in the Kharkivshchina. Andrei Gusev tried to save them, but received numerous gunshot wounds and fell overboard the boat.

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Sukhovenko (SBU). Participated in the planning and direct management of the tactical group of calculations of the Kamikadze drones, which was due to hit more than 60 units of military equipment of the invaders and 12 field warehouses. Alexander Sukhovenko also invented and introduced a way to use the remote mining of the enemy territory. He died on August 14, 2024 from a bullet wound in the Donetsk region.

Also, three heroes of Ukraine were awarded the Order of the Golden Star:.

Senior Lieutenant Igor Kondrathevich. Participated in the liberation of settlements in the Donetsk and Kherson regions, as well as in battles near the Krynok. In particular, in April last year he stormed enemy positions, which allowed the main forces of the Marine Corps brigade to advance deep into the temporarily occupied territory. During July - June, the unit under his command repelled to 20 attacks of infantry and destroyed near the platoon of the invaders.

Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Garkay. Commander of the 425th separate assault battalion. In 2022, the unit under his command conducted reconnaissance-sabotage events in the Kharkiv region and Donetsk, where it was possible to destroy more than 600 invaders and more than 50 units of armored vehicles. The lieutenant colonel also participated in the planning of offensive and assault actions in the areas of Vodyanoy, experienced and Avdeevka.

Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Shemet (NSU). In February last year, at the head of the intelligence group, he discovered the enemy DRG and did not let the invaders break through Ukrainian positions. Personally destroyed the invaders and their equipment, despite the dense shelling, restrained the advance of the enemy. In May, during the evacuation due to the attack of the Russian UAV, both legs were injured.

13 defenders received the "

Colonel Roman Kamyshenkov, commander of the anti -aircraft missile regiment. More than once personally led the jurisdiction of anti -aircraft fire. Since the beginning of 2024, the regiment’s units destroyed 177 air targets: 20 winged and one ballistic missile, 156 UAVs of different types.

Major Alexander Kirkun. On May 16, 2024, Russian invaders eight times tried to storm the positions of the 13th separate airborne assault battalion of the 95th Odshbr. Each of the attempts was reflected by combined fire defeat and forced the enemy to retreat with significant losses.

Major Artem Moroz. Led the offensive in the direction of Gorlovka - Toretsk. The assault group under his command made a maneuver deep into the enemy’s defense at 175 m, cleaned and fixed at a certain line.

Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Zinchenko. At the end of 2022, units under his command were able to move from defense to offensive actions and free a number of settlements of the Donetskiy, since then they have been holding the defense of Belogorovka in the Luhansk region. In the first six months of last year, they destroyed 205 invaders and wounded more than 500, and also eliminated 23 BMPs, 11 T-72 tanks and seven PTRC complexes.

Junior sergeant Sergey Kosachenko. Despite the wounds, he remained in positions and participated in assaults, during which he repeatedly destroyed and captured the invaders. Last year, in June, near the yield after shelling and assault actions, he himself held the defense until the end of the ammunition. Wounded, he entered into hand -to -hand combat and destroyed the assault group.

Lieutenant Colonel Evgeny Bespalov. In the summer of 2023, the Marine Corps battalion under his command stormed enemy positions in the Donetsk region, forced the Dnieper in October and carried out assault actions near the Krynok. The lieutenant colonel coordinated the actions of the battalion with artillery units within 30 hours. From December 2023 to March 2024 he organized stable defensive lines in the Krynok region.

Junior sergeant reserves Igor Shurd. In the area of \u200b\u200bWorker, after the enemy artillery, he carried out two wounded and three dead soldiers from the battlefield, after which he was reflected in an enemy attack. Repeatedly restrained the invaders with the help of a machine gun and at the head of his group cleaned his position. In February, during an enemy storm, he was injured, but continued to lead the battle and beat off the offensive.

Sergeant Pavel Mantulak. In August last year, near Belogorovka in the Luhansk region, he led the mortar department during the offensive of the superior forces of the enemy. In this battle, Ukrainian defenders damaged the T-72 tank, and also destroyed 14 Russian invaders and stopped the offensive.

Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Ryzhkov. Defended Ukraine in Donetsk and Kharkov directions. The artillery units under his command during the second half of last year destroyed about 800 occupiers and hundreds of weapons and armored vehicles. This allowed the Ukrainian soldiers to significantly weaken the positions of Russians, stabilize the line of clash, go into the counterattack.

Lieutenant Colonel Artem Kholodkevich. Participated in a counterattack in the Kherson region. Personally corrected the fire of the unit that destroyed the assault platoon of the Russian Guard, consisting of 28 occupiers, and a supporting point. In November 2022, he received numerous injuries. After prolonged rehabilitation, he returned to the front. He organized a fire defeat system in the Bakhmut direction, and since August last year he takes part in the operation in the Kursh..

Stock chief sergeant Anatoly Movchan. In April last year in the Donetsk region he participated in the reflection of the assault, due to which it was possible to destroy six invaders. After that, the aggressor attacked the position of the detachment fpv-throns. When Anatoly Movchan provided assistance to the wounded scum, he was injured himself, but, despite this, he brought it to the evacuation point. In 2024 he was directly involved in the defense of the Chasov Yara. He repulsed the assaults there, led the personnel, fought, despite the injuries.

Lieutenant Colonel Ruslan Baida (NSU). Last year, he repelled Russian attacks in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Serebryansky forestry. In addition, the National Guard, under his command, eliminated several dozen invaders. In particular, in June, Ruslan Baida personally destroyed two BMPs and eight units of personnel from a grenade launcher, as well as several aimed shots from RPGs - an enemy armored personnel carrier and about 10 invaders.

Senior Lieutenant Maxim Noshchenko (NSU). Since August 2023, during the reflection of enemy assaults, the National Guard led the fire of subordinate units. Planned about 15 counter -decisive and special operations, as well as 10 counterattacks and assault operations. During the implementation of combat missions, he personally destroyed about 10 units of enemy equipment, almost 30 invaders, evacuated eight civilians from the regions of enemy shelling, including three children.