Grygorii Tsekhmistrenko

Grygorii Vitaliiovych Tsekhmistrenko (; 19 December 1994 – 15 January 2023) was a Canadian civic activist, volunteer medic of Ukrainian origin, a soldier of the International Legion of the Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Biography Tsekhmistrenko was born on 19 December 1994 in Rivne. He studied at school #89 in the Pecherskyi district of Kyiv. For many years he lived with his parents in Kinistino, Saskatchewan, Canada. Later, he moved to Port Alice, British Columbia, Canada. He had Canadian citizenship.

He was a participant of the Revolution of Dignity.

Awards In 2023, he was posthumously awarded the Order for Courage, 3rd class.

Honoring his memory School No. 89 in the Pechersk district of Kyiv, where he studied, is to be named after him. The initiative was supported by Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

He is one of the heroes of the exhibition "Steel Titans of Bakhmut" at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War.