Serhii Kotenko
{{Short description|Ukrainian soldier (1967–2022)}}
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| birth_place = Haisyn, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
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| death_place = near Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine
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| birth_name = Serhii Leonidovych Kotenko
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| serviceyears = 1989–2022
| rank = Colonel
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| awards = Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
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Serhii Leonidovych Kotenko ({{langx|uk|Сергій Леонідович Котенко}}; 16 July 1967 – 9 March 2022) was a Ukrainian military officer and participant in the Russian invasion of Ukraine who posthumously received the Hero of Ukraine on 16 March 2022.{{Cite web |title=Як розвіднику "Хазяїну" вдалося вивести побратимів з оточення |url=https://armyinform.com.ua/2022/04/12/yak-rozvidnyku-hazyayinu-vdalosya-vyvesty-pobratymiv-z-otochennya/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=armyinform.com.ua |language=uk}}{{Cite web |date=2022-03-21 |title=Загиблому командиру "Вінницьких скіфів" присвоїли звання Герой України та удостоїли орденом "Золота Зірка" - VежA |url=https://vezha.ua/zagyblomu-komandyru-vinnytskyh-skifiv-prysvoyily-zvannya-geroj-ukrayiny-ta-udostoyily-ordenom-zolota-zirka/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Vежа |language=uk}} Prior to the war, he was head of the Haisyn District State Administration (2014–2015) and Commander of the 9th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion.
Biography
Serhii Kotenko was born in Haisyn, Vinnytsia Oblast. He graduated from Kamianets-Podilskyi Higher Military Engineering Command School in 1989. He served in the army for 22 years. In 2014–2015, he headed the Haisyn Regional State Administration,{{Cite web |title=Про призначення С. Котенка головою Гайсинської районної державної адміністрації Вінницької області |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/1084/2014-%D1%80%D0%BF |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України |language=uk}} and later returned to military service. He was the commander of the 9th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Vinnytsia Scythians".{{Cite web |title=Щоб боротися з рашистами, командир "дев'ятки" полковник Сергій Котенко залишив крісло голови райдержадміністрації… |url=https://armyinform.com.ua/2022/03/17/shhob-borotysya-z-rashystamy-komandyr-devyatky-polkovnyk-sergij-kotenko-zalyshyv-krislo-golovy-rajderzhadministracziyi/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=armyinform.com.ua |language=uk}}
From 24 February 2022, he took part in the Russo-Ukrainian War, redeploying his forces to Vasylivka in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.{{cite web|url=https://armyinform.com.ua/2022/08/22/prezydent-prysvoyiv-zvannya-geroya-ukrayiny-zahysnykam-derzhavy/|lang=uk|access-date=2024-05-10|title=Президент присвоїв звання Героя України захисникам держави
|date=2022-08-22}} He died on 9 March 2022, in a battle with Russian forces near Zaporizhzhia. He was buried on 11 March in the town of Haisyn, Vinnytsia region. Two days earlier, his brother Oleksandr Kotenko (October 23, 1971 – March 7, 2022), serving in the Aidar Battalion, was killed in action near Mykolaiv.{{Cite web |last=Микитюк |first=Вікторія |title="Я поклявся захищати Україну і виховати свого сина патріотом, яким був його дід" — син загиблого Героя України |url=https://ukrainenews.fakty.ua/399585-ya-poklyalsya-zacshicshat-ukrainu-i-vospitat-svoego-syna-patriotom-kakim-byl-ego-ded-syn-pogibshego-geroya-ukrainy |website=Fakty}}
In December 2022 a street in Kyiv that was named after Russian general Alexander Suvorov was renamed to Serhii Kotenko Street.{{cite web |author=Oleksandr Shumilin|title=n Kyiv, 32 more streets were de-Russified, including Druzhby Narodiv Boulevard|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/12/8/7379893/|website=Ukrayinska Pravda|date=8 December 2022|access-date=8 December 2022|lang=Ukrainian}}
Awards
- The title of "Hero of Ukraine" with the deigning Order of the Golden Star (2022, posthumously) for personal courage and heroism shown in defending the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the military oath.{{Cite web |title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №139/2022 — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України |url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/1392022-41713 |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=www.president.gov.ua}}
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III degree (2019) for significant personal merits in defending the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, civic courage, dedication to upholding the constitutional principles of democracy, human rights and freedoms, significant contribution to cultural and educational development, active volunteering.{{Cite web |title=Про відзначення державними нагородами України |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/270/2019 |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України |language=uk}}
References
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Category:Recipients of the title of Hero of Ukraine
Category:Ukrainian military personnel killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine