Senior Sergeant Serhii Chernyshev was killed on September 10, 2022, while liberating the city of Kupiansk from Russian occupation. He sustained fatal injuries as a result of an airstrike. He was 42 years old.
Serhii was born in the village of Malynivka in Kramatorsk district. He graduated from the local secondary school and completed his compulsory military service in a reconnaissance company of the airborne troops. In civilian life, he worked at a metal depot and later as a forestry master at the Sloviansk forestry enterprise of the Chasiv Yar forestry unit.
After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, he volunteered to defend Ukraine. He served as the chief sergeant of the 1st platoon, 2nd company of the “Donbas” special purpose battalion.
He was posthumously awarded the Order “For Courage,” 3rd class.
Serhii Chernyshev was laid to rest in Sloviansk, at the cemetery on Danyla Halytskoho Street.
🕯At 9:00 a.m., a nationwide minute of silence is observed. The Donetsk Regional Military Administration and the Memorial of Heroes platform honor fallen defenders from Donetsk region.