We bow our heads. The referee from the motor vehicle exploded on a mini in Zaporozhye

Every day at 9 am, Ukrainians honored the memory of people whose lives took away the Russian-Ukrainian war. Today, Sport.ua mentions Maxim Rudenko, who was a rescuer, the head of the Malta Assistance Service, one of the founders of the Green Wave Radio Amateur Radio Club, provided radio communication at competitions at Ralle competitions, conquered the highest mountain peaks, and after the beginning of military aggression in 2014. Maxim died three years ago, 32-year-old, blowing up on a mini in Pologovsky district in Zaporozhye.

Career Maxim Rudenok was born on September 21, 1979 in Ivano-Frankivsk, in the family of military and teacher. Maxim graduated from the local lyceum # 11 and then received higher education at the college of electronic devices and Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian University in the specialty “Physics”. Subsequently, Rudenok received a second diploma – by specialty “Software”. Maxim worked in the field of engineering and information technology.

Rudenok was not just a professional of his business – he was a bright, unique person who was in a hurry to live in full. He was fond of radio engineering, mountaineering, conquered the peaks of the Carpathians, Elbrus, and Lenin’s peak. Maxim has been an active volunteer, rescuer, chief of communication group of the Malta Assistance, one of the founders of the Green Wave Radio Wave. For several years he has cooperated with the Automobile Federation of Ukraine in mountain racing and rally: he provided radio communication in competitions.

Combat experience and death When the war first came to Ukraine, Maxim Rudenok went to the army volunteer. In 2016, he was awarded the Medal for Dignity and Patriotism.

With the beginning of a full-scale invasion of February 24, 2022, Maxim again became the ranks of defenders, joining the Terroboron in Ivano-Frankivsk. In April, the man was sent to the east and soon received the title of junior sergeant.

Maxim’s father died in May 2022. The son came to the funeral. And a month later, the warrior himself did not become. On June 28, 2022, during a combat mission in the village of Zlazhaya, Pologovsky district in Zaporozhye, a car, which Maxim was traveling with two friends from Ivano-Frankivsk, exploded on a mini. Everyone was killed …

Maxim was a faithful and kind friend, always came to the rescue. He had hundreds of friends all over the country. His optimism, a sense of humor and inflammatory energy supported friends in many difficult situations. He was a loving son, a caring husband for Elena’s wife and the best father for his children – Victoria and Nazarchyk, who was eight and six years old at the time of his dad’s death.

Honoring Maxim Rudenok was posthumously awarded with the Honorary Breast Mark “Steel Cross” from the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the honors of the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk “For Honor and Studya”, as well as the Medal “For Merit before the Carpathian”.

On February 10, 2023, an abstract board was opened at the facade of Ivano-Frankivsk Lyceum No. 11 in honor of Maxim Rudenko.