Английская Википедия:Dmytro Kotsiubailo

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Dmytro Ivanovych "Da Vinci" Kotsiubailo (Шаблон:Lang-uk; 1 November 1995 – 7 March 2023) was a Ukrainian volunteer, soldier, lieutenant, a commander of the 1st Mechanized Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was a participant in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Kotsiubailo was the youngest battalion commander in the history of the Ukrainian Army. He served as a leader of the right-wing Right Sector movement.[1][2]

In December 2021 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded Kotsiubailo the Hero of Ukraine Ukraine decoration, the country's highest honour.[3] In 2022, he was included in the 30 under 30: Faces of the Future rating by Forbes.[4]

Early life

Dmytro Kotsiubailo was born on 1 November 1995 in the village of Zadnistrianske, now Burshtyn community, Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. He graduated from Bovshivka Secondary School and Ivano-Frankivsk Art Lyceum.

Ukrainian resistance

He was an active participant in the 2014 Revolution of Dignity. He fought in the Russo-Ukrainian War, as a platoon commander of volunteers in 2014, and as a company commander in 2015. In 2014, he was wounded in Pisky, Donetsk Oblast, and returned to the front after recovery. On 17 March 2016, he had served as a captain of an ultra-nationalist volunteer battalion known as the “Right Sector" and led the 1st Mechanized Battalion "Da Vinci Wolves", but never joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[5]

Death

On 7 March 2023, Kotsiubailo was killed. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his video address: "Today, 'Da Vinci', a Hero of Ukraine, a volunteer, a man-symbol, a man of courage, Dmytro Kotsiubailo, was killed in action. A fighter of the 67th separate mechanized brigade, a commander. He died in the battle near Bakhmut, in the battle for Ukraine".[6] Dmytro was buried at Askold's Grave.[7]

On 20 December 2023 the Dnipro City Council renamed a part of Dnipro's central avenue Шаблон:Ill in honor of Kotsiubailo.[8]

On 18 January 2024 the Kyiv City Council renamed a square in Kyiv's Pecherskyi District in his honor.[9]

Awards

Military ranks

  • Lieutenant[12]
  • Junior Lieutenant (2022)[14]

References

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