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Our Heroes
Senior Ensign Shpak Mark Valentynovych
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
Colonel Kaplunov Dmytro Vitaliiovych
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

2 August 1988 – 24 June 2014

Shpak Mark Valentynovych

Senior Ensign

Mark Shpak was born on August 2, 1988 in the city of Kyiv.

After serving in the Ukrainian military, he chose to commit his life to the SSU. 

In 2011, he was admitted to the Department of Administrative Support of the Security Service of Ukraine. He was soon appointed an operative driver of the SSU Special Operations Center "A".

On June 24, 2014, senior ensign Shpak was in an MI-8 helicopter flying over Mount Karachun near Sloviansk, Donetsk Region. The group had successfully installed special equipment on the mountain to record violations of the ceasefire by militants. The helicopter was shot down by a portable anti-aircraft missile system. All nine Ukrainian soldiers on board were killed.

By military decree of the President of Ukraine of 08.08.2014, senior ensign Shpak Mark was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi III degree (posthumously).

Mark is survived by his wife and son.