Serhii Kotenko

Serhii Kotenko
Birth nameSerhii Leonidovych Kotenko
Born(1967-07-16)16 July 1967
Haisyn, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died9 March 2022(2022-03-09) (aged 54)
near Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine
Allegiance Ukraine
Service/branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service1989–2022
RankColonel
Battles/wars
AwardsOrder of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Hero of Ukraine Order of the Gold Star (posthumously)

Serhii Leonidovych Kotenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Леонідович Котенко; 16 July 1967 – 9 March 2022) was a Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and participant in the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian war who posthumously received the Hero of Ukraine on 16 March 2022.[1][2] Prior to the war, he was head of the Haisyn District State Administration (2014–2015) and Commander of the 9th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion.

  1. ^ "Як розвіднику "Хазяїну" вдалося вивести побратимів з оточення". armyinform.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  2. ^ "Загиблому командиру "Вінницьких скіфів" присвоїли звання Герой України та удостоїли орденом "Золота Зірка" - VежA". Vежа (in Ukrainian). 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

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