Oleksandr Oksanchenko

Oleksandr Oksanchenko
Oleksandr Oksanchenko
Native name	Олександр Оксанченко
Birth name	Oleksandr Yakovych Oksanchenko
Nickname(s)	Grey Wolf
Born	26 April 1968; Malomykhailivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died	25 February 2022 (aged 53); Kyiv, Ukraine
Allegiance	Soviet Union (1989–1991); Ukraine (1991–2018, 2022)
Service/branch	Soviet Air Forces; Ukrainian Air Force
Years of service	1989–2018; 2022
Rank	Colonel (Polkovnyk)
Unit	831st Tactical Aviation Brigade
Battles/wars	Russo-Ukrainian War Annexation of Crimea; 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Kyiv †; ; ;
Awards	Order of Danylo Halytsky; Order of the Gold Star (posthumously)
Alma mater	Kharkiv Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots
Children	2

Oleksandr Yakovych Oksanchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Якович Оксанченко; 26 April 1968 – 25 February 2022), nicknamed the Grey Wolf, was a Ukrainian fighter pilot and Myrhorod city councilor. He was a colonel in the Ukrainian Air Force who won awards in several air shows before retiring in 2018. In 2022, he returned to serve in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and was killed by a Russian S-400 missile during the Battle of Kyiv. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Gold Star.