{{Short description|Ukrainian military leader}} {{Infobox military person | name = Yuriy Kovalenko | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1977|07|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bershad]], [[Vinnytsia Oblast]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[USSR]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|07|15|1977|07|16|df=y}} | death_place = [[Izvaryne-Donetsk]], [[Luhansk Oblast]], Ukraine | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates = | nickname = | birth_name = Yuriy Viktorovych Kovalenko | allegiance = {{UKR}} | branch = {{army|UKR}} | service_years = | rank = Lieutenant colonel | service_number = | unit = | commands = | battles = {{tree list}} * [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] ** [[War in Donbas]] *** [[Fights on the Ukrainian–Russian border (2014)|Battle on the Border]]{{KIA}} {{tree list/end}} | battles_label = | awards = {{Hero of Ukraine}} [[Hero of Ukraine|Order of the Gold Star]] }}
'''Yuriy Viktorovych Kovalenko''' ({{langx|uk|Юрій Вікторович Коваленко}}; 16 July 1977 – 15 July 2014) was a Ukrainian military leader, [[Lieutenant colonel]] of the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]], the deputy commander of the 3rd spetsnaz regiment ([[Kirovohrad]]) South operational command of the Land forces. [[Hero of Ukraine]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20150402163447/http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/19265.html Указ Президента України від 31.03.2015 року № 191/2015 «Про присвоєння Ю.Коваленку звання Герой України»]</ref>
== Biography == Born in [[Bershad]] in [[Vinnytsia]]. He grew up in a military family - submarine officer. He studied at the secondary school No.2 Bershadska. He graduated from the [[Odesa]] Military Institute of Land Forces. Military service, first in [[Dnipropetrovsk]] (in one of the regiments of the [[93rd Mechanised Division (Ukraine)|93rd Mechanised Division]]), then - in the [[Kirovohrad]].<ref name="narodka">{{cite web|url=http://narodka.com.ua/9780-vinyatkova-muzhnist-bijcya-specnazu|title=Народна армія - Центральний друкований орган міністерства оборони України|work=narodka.com.ua|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
He participated in the [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbass]] in eastern Ukraine since the beginning in May 2014. His detachment was guarding military facilities, accompanying weights and participated in intelligence operations and battles.<ref name="president">[http://www.president.gov.ua/news/32605.html Глава держави присвоїв звання Герой України підполковнику Юрію Коваленку]</ref>
During the clashes, Yuriy Kovalenko destroyed fifteen armed enemies.<ref name="president"/> To carry out tasks for the protection of the Ukrainian-Russian border near the village of the failures of the [[Sverdlovsk, Luhansk Oblast|Sverdlovsk]] region, [[Luhansk Oblast]]. For a successful breakthrough intelligence unit he received the rank of Lieutenant colonel through the enemy order of battle. In one of the battles personally rescued a wounded soldier.
He was fatally shot on 15 July 2014 during the mortar bombardment.<ref name="president"/> He was buried on 24 July (Florina Cemetery). Kovalenko was survived by his wife and two daughters.<ref name="narodka"/>
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==External links== * [http://www.liga.net/projects/10heroes/ Десять героев Украины | Юрий Коваленко] {{Russian invasion of Ukraine}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kovalenko, Yuriy}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm in Ukraine]] [[Category:People from Bershad]] [[Category:Ukrainian military officers]] [[Category:Ukrainian military personnel of the war in Donbas]] [[Category:Ukrainian military personnel killed in the war in Donbas]] [[Category:Recipients of the Order of Gold Star (Ukraine)]] [[Category:Lieutenant colonels]]