Serhiy Kokurin

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovych and the family name is Kokurin.
Main article: Simferopol Incident
Serhiy Kokurin
Сергій Кокурін
Born(1978-01-01)1 January 1978
Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died18 March 2014(2014-03-18) (aged 36)
Simferopol, Ukraine
Allegiance Ukraine
Service / branch Ukrainian Army
Years of service1997–2014
RankPraporshchik
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder For Courage 3rd grade (posthumously)
Children2

Serhiy Viktorovych Kokurin (Ukrainian: Сергій Вікторович Кокурін; Russian: Сергей Викторович Кокурин; 1 January 1978 – 18 March 2014)[1] was a Ukrainian soldier who was shot dead during an assault on a Ukrainian military base in Simferopol.[1] He was the first soldier killed during the Russo-Ukrainian War.

  1. ^ a b "Fallen Heroes: Serhiy Kokurin, warrant officer at photogrammetric center in Simferopol", Voices of Ukraine, 22 March 2014