“President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the Day of Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine presented four Heroes of Ukraine with “Golden Star” orders.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Zelensky during the award ceremony of the military on November 8, photo by OP Source: website of the President, Command of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Details: The highest state award was given to:
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Commander of the 148th Separate Artillery Brigade of the 8th Corps of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, colonel Oleg Zmysly. This year, units under the command of Zmysly in the battles in Donetsk region and Zaporizhzhia destroyed more than 1,600 occupiers, almost 80 enemy guns, three MLRS, 8 tanks, 14 BpLA, 9 control points, more than 25 cars, motor vehicles, armored vehicles and damaged more than 240 guns, 13 mortars, two MLRS, 11 tanks, armored vehicles and armored personnel carriers Zmysly manages a group of IT specialists that automates various processes in the brigade.
Lieutenant colonel Konstantin Revutskyi. During the battles in Donetsk region, he destroyed almost 50 invaders, an enemy armored personnel carrier and two BMPs. In Kurshchyna, his units actually destroyed the 9th motorized rifle battalion of the enemy, as well as 45 occupants, 5 units of armored vehicles and two cars. In the Sumy region, units under the command of Revutsky destroyed more than 200 invaders, more than 30 units of enemy equipment and almost 40 unmanned aerial vehicles.
Soldier Vyacheslav Tkachenko. Performs combat missions near Bilogorivka in Luhansk region, participates in assault and stabilization operations. In May, he participated in the destruction of BMP and 18 occupants during a seven-hour enemy offensive. Later, he personally conducted a reconnaissance of the firing positions of the occupiers, captured the radio station and destroyed three infantrymen in close combat. In July, he distinguished himself by numerous defensive actions, in particular, he destroyed an enemy BMP with a grenade launcher and evacuated three comrades under fire.
Junior sergeant Dmytro Shavaldin. Since October 2022, it has been carrying out combat missions in Donetsk region. Since February 2025, he has been the head of the attack UAV department. He personally conducted reconnaissance, directed strikes and covered the evacuation of comrades in the vicinity of Rozlyv, Oleksiivka, Bagatyr, and Horihovoy. Destroyed four BMP, an armored personnel carrier, three armored personnel carriers with ammunition, a dozen enemy mortar and firing positions, and about 80 occupants.
The president also awarded the soldiers with the “Cross of Combat Merit”, orders of Bohdan Khmelnytsky I-III degrees and “For Courage” I-III degrees.
According to the command of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the commander of the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces, Colonel Yevhen Lasiychuk, was awarded the rank of brigadier general.