Oleh Mikhniuk

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Oleh Mikhniuk
Born(1965-10-27)27 October 1965
Mala Divytsia, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died20 August 2014(2014-08-20) (aged 48)
Novosvitlivka, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
AllegianceFile:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Service / branchFile:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Army
File:Ensign of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg Ukrainian Ground Forces
RankSenior sergeant
Unit56th Guards Air Assault Brigade
Aidar Battalion
Battles / warsSoviet-Afghan War
AwardsFile:Hero of Ukraine.svg Order of the Gold Star
File:Order for Bravery ribbon bar (1st class).svg
File:Order for Bravery ribbon bar (2nd-3rd class).svg
File:Order for Bravery ribbon bar (2nd-3rd class).svg

Oleh Mikhniuk (Ukrainian, Міхнюк Олег Іванович, 27 October 1965 – 20 August 2014) was a Ukrainian activist and soldier.

Biography

He served in the armed forces of the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War. From 1991 to 1993 Mikhniuk was the head of the medical and social department of the Ukrainian Union of Afghanistan Veterans (USVA). He participated in the Euromaidan and was a chief of the 8th "Afghan" Sotnia of the Maidan Self-Defense, which consisted mainly of veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He was killed in action fighting against the rebel forces in the Donbas.

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