Oleh Mykolaiovych Honcharuk ( uk, Олег Миколайович Гончарук, born 1983) is a Ukrainian soldier, colonel of the

Armed Forces of Ukraine , imports = , exports = , history = , ranks = Military ranks of Ukraine , country=Ukraine The Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Збро́йні си́ли Украї́ни), most commonly known ...

, a participant of the

Russian-Ukrainian war The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since February 2014. Following Ukraine's Revo ...

Hero of Ukraine Hero of Ukraine (HOU; uk, Герой України, ''Heroi Ukrainy'') is the highest national title that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the President of Ukraine. The title was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma and as ...

(2022).

Biography

As of 2017, he held the position of First Deputy Chief of Staff of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade. As of 2018, he was the acting brigade commander. From 19 November 2019, to 11 September 2022, he was the commander of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade. Together with the brigade, Honcharuk took part in the Joint Forces Operation in Donbas, in particular in the battles for Stanytsia Luhanska, and in the first months of the full-scale war he held the defense on the eastern and southeastern directions, in particular in

Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast ( uk, Микола́ївська о́бласть, translit=Mykoláyivsʹka óblastʹ, ), also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna ( uk, Микола́ївщина, Mykoláivshchyna, ) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administra ...

. Since the end of the summer of 2022, the 128th Brigade participated in the liberation of the

Kherson Oblast Kherson Oblast ( uk, Херсо́нська о́бласть, translit=Khersónsʹka óblastʹ, ), also known as Khersonshchyna ( uk, Херсо́нщина, ), is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, currently claimed and partly occupied ...

Awards

* the title of

with the Order of the Golden Star (14 October 2022) *

Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky ( uk, Орден Богдана Хмельницького, Orden Bohdana Khmelʹnytsʹkoho) is a Ukrainian military award named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks. The award was establi ...

i, 1st class (2022) * Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 2nd class (2022) * Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 3rd class (2021) * Order for Courage, 3rd class (2018)Decree of the President of Ukraine from 23 серпня 2018 year № 238/2018
Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня незалежності України
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Honcharuk, Oleh 1983 births Living people Recipients of the Order of Gold Star (Ukraine) Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class Recipients of the Order For Courage, 3rd class Ukrainian military personnel of the Russo-Ukrainian War