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Our Heroes
Colonel Kaplunov Dmytro Vitaliiovych
Colonel Anishchenko Oleksandr Hryhorovych
Captain Bilichenko Hennadii Vasylovych
Colonel Voznyi Yurii Vitaliiovych
Colonel Volochaiev Denys Oleksandrovych
Halushchenko Andrii Viktorovych
Major Hetmanskyi Tymur Viktorovych
Lieutenant Colonel Horbenko Ihor Ihorovych
Lieutenant Colonel Dolhov Andrii Valeriiovych
Ensign Zhuravlov Yurii Volodymyrovych
Senior Lieutenant Ivankov Oleksandr Serhiiovych
Lieutenant Colonel Kovalenko Oleh Mykolaiovych
Colonel Kuzmenko Andrii Pavlovych
Major Libruk Mykhailo Bohdanovych
Major Luzhevskyi Ruslan Mykhailovych
Captain Mandzyk Victor Serhiiovych
Colonel Muliar Ruslan Stanislavovych
Colonel Petrenko Vitalii Petrovych
Captain Petryshchuk Oleksandr Viktorovych
Major Tkachenko Anatolii Oleksandrovych
Senior Lieutenant Tkachov Olexandr Vasylovych
Lieutenant Colonel Tkachenko Oleh Anatoliovych
Colonel Kharaberiush Oleksandr Ivanovych
Lieutenant Colonel Shyrkov Serhii Ivanovych
Lieutenant Colonel Shkira Volodymyr Volodymyrovych
Senior Ensign Shpak Mark Valentynovych

Colonel Kaplunov Dmytro Vitaliiovych

4 December 1980 – 1 December 2019

Kaplunov Dmytro Vitaliiovych

Colonel

Dmytro Kaplunov was born on December 4, 1980 in the city of Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan).

In 2002, he graduated from the National Academy of State Border Guard of Ukraine named after Bohdan Khmelnytskyi.

Dmytro devoted more than 20 years of his life to military service: from 2002 to 2004 he served in the border service and from 2004 in the SSU.

He served in the SSU special unit "A", from the first days of military aggression against Ukraine performed combat missions in the ATO/JFO area.

During the battle on December 1, 2019, in the so-called grey area, he and his comrade-in-arms Denys Volochaiev were mortally wounded. For almost a week, the pro-Russian invaders did not give Dmytro's body to his family. In the end, Ukrainian authorities managed to return the dead hero home.

Awards:

  • Medal “Defender of the Motherland” 
  • The award of the President of Ukraine "For participation in the Anti-terrorist operation"
  • Order "For Courage" of III degree

For his heroism and personal courage, Colonel Dmytro Kaplunov was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Golden Star (posthumously) by Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 877/2019 of December 3, 2019.