President of Ukraine

President of Ukraine handed over state awards to servicemen and confered honorific titles to the brigades at the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation

14 October 2019 - 17:10

President of Ukraine handed over state awards to servicemen and confered honorific titles to the brigades at the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation, where he congratulated all soldiers on the Day of the Defender of Ukraine during his working visit to Donetsk. Addressing the servicemen, the President noted that today's holiday was truly a great day for Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy handed over state awards to servicemen on the Day of the Defender of Ukraine during his visit to the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation

The Order For Courage, 2nd class was handed over to Junior Sergeant Yaroslav Khrystiuk. The Order of Courage, 3nd class was handed over to Sergeant-Major Olexandr Burmetsky, Senior Sergeant Serhii Honcharenko, Senior Seaman Maksym Draholiubov, Warrant Officer Oleksii Kozlovskyi, Junior Sergeant Serhii Kuntyshev, Captain Artem Kurochko, Sergeant Anastasiia Lysak, Senior Lieutenant Denys Rusetskyi and Warrant Officer Yurii Chaplynskyi. The President handed the Order of Danylo Halytsky over to the Capitan, 2nd class Vasyl Savenko, the Medal for Military Service to Ukraine to Major Andriy Kruglov, the Medal Defender of the Fatherland to Junior Sergeant Petro Buriachenko and Senior Sergeant Serhii Derkach.

In addition, the President confer honorific titles of Prince Roman the Great to the 14th separate Mechanized Brigade and honorific titles of "Kherson" to the 11th Separate Brigade of Army Aviation.