Donetsk region is proud of its heroes, including Andriy Temnygorov, junior lieutenant, head of the medical unit of the 3rd battalion of the 12th special forces brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine "Azov."
Andriy earned the title of "Hero of the Medical Front" by winning the Order of St. Panteleimon Award for professionalism and compassion in 2025, becoming one of the top three in Ukraine.
He began his fruitful career in military medicine in 2020 when he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For three years, he worked as an instructor at the 184th Training Center, where he and other instructors taught personnel medical skills at various levels. During this time, he trained about 1,000 combat medics and evacuation medics.
In the spring of 2023, he joined the 12th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine "Azov." As part of the 1st Battalion, he rose from medic to head of the medical station. He took part in battles in the Serebryansky Forest and in the Ternivsky direction, and continued to perform his duties in the Toretsky and New York directions.
Before becoming head of the medical station, Andriy Temnygorov successfully performed the duties of a combat medic at advanced casualty collection points and a medic in the evacuation unit during the case evacuation and medical evacuation stages. At the collection points, the medic performed blood and blood component transfusions. During the medical evacuation stage, he even performed complex operations.
It was Andriy Temnygorov who was the first in the brigade and one of the first in Ukraine to introduce inhalation anesthetics into tactical medicine and successfully apply them.
One of his best decisions was a revolutionary innovation that has since saved the lives and health of countless soldiers: the introduction of telemedicine, which made it possible to effectively provide medical assistance to the wounded in the most difficult cases, even without a sufficiently high level of medical training.
A new challenge for Andriy Yuriyovych was the New York campaign, at the beginning of which he successfully managed 27 medical units simultaneously. It was he who introduced another innovative practice—the delivery of medical supplies to the front lines using drone drops, culminating in the first-ever successful operation to deliver blood by drone directly to the front line during the war.
Andriy Temnyhorov introduced a system of regular blood donation by soldiers in the battalion, which allows the unit to always have blood "at hand" for faster delivery to the wounded. He developed a systematic training program in tactical medicine for more than 500 soldiers in the battalion.
Currently, as the head of the medical center of the foreign battalion, he has focused his efforts on training and streamlining work processes specifically for foreigners serving here.
Among his recent achievements is the military operation during the liberation of the village of Zolotyi Kolodiaz, during which more than 30 Russian servicemen were captured, some of whom were provided with prolonged medical care at the level of nursing care.
Andriy Temnygorov has made a significant contribution to the medical system of the unit and military medical practice in general, systematically promoting the expansion of assistance at all stages without exception and achieving remarkable personal results in the field of military medicine in Ukraine.
We are proud of such young but talented doctors from Donetsk region who are saving the lives of Ukrainian soldiers with their efforts!
Based on materials from the Donetsk Regional Council of the Order of St. Panteleimon