For their bravery in battle and dedicated service to the Ukrainian people, 14 police officers from the Donetsk region were awarded the Order of Courage, III degree, and the Defender of the Fatherland medal. The awards of the fallen will be received by their relatives.
By decree of the President of Ukraine, the Order of Courage, III degree, was awarded to the fighters of the special purpose police battalion (rifle):
- Police Captain Dmytro Zhilkin
- Police Lieutenant Yuriy Trusov
- Police Major Oleksandr Shestak
- Senior Police Sergeant Vitaliy Anats'kyi (posthumously)
- Police Captain Oleg Babichev (posthumously)
- Police Captain Oleksiy Balabu (posthumously)
- Police Major Dmytro Gavryk (posthumously)
- Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Korobenko (posthumously)
- Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Manzhin (posthumously)
- Senior Lieutenant Alexander Pantyukhov (posthumously)
- Captain Roman Khomayko (posthumously)
Medal "Defender of the Fatherland":
- Senior Lieutenant of Police Artem Tkachenko – Police Department No. 4 (Slovyansk) of the Kramatorsk Regional Police Department
- Police Captain Roman Penkov (posthumously) — Police Department No. 4 (Slovyansk) of the Kramatorsk Regional Police Department
- Police Captain Igor Samofalov (posthumously) — Pokrovsk District Police Department.
Based on materials from the Main Department of the National Police in Donetsk Oblast