Oleksandr Tkachenko

Oleksandr Anatoliiovych Tkachenko (; 5 March 1989 – 9 November 2023) was a Ukrainian soldier. He was a Master sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Biography Oleksandr Tkachenko was born on 5 March 1989 in Sevastopol.

He received a degree in hairdressing. He worked in his specialty and later became a hiking instructor, taking tourists to the Crimean Mountains.

In 2013, he began his service in the Marines. After the occupation of his native Crimea, he moved to Mykolaiv. With the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, he took part in the battles for Mariupol, the villages of Vodiane and Hranitne in Donetsk Oblast. Honorary Citizen of Irpin (4 April 2024, posthumously) Medal for Merit to the City of Irpin (2022) Badges for Military Valor (2017), For Courage (2022) Order of the Volunteer (2022)