Inna Derusova

Inna Derusova
Native name
Інна Дерусова
Born(1970-07-05)July 5, 1970
Kryvyi Rih,[1] Ukrainian SSR, USSR
DiedFebruary 26, 2022(2022-02-26) (aged 51)
Okhtyrka, Ukraine
Allegiance Ukraine
Service / branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service2015–2022
RankSergeant
Unit58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade
Battles / wars
AwardsHero of Ukraine Order of the Gold Star (posthumously)

Inna Mykolaivna Derusova (Ukrainian: Інна Миколаївна Дерусова, Russian: Инна Николаевна Дерусова; 5 July 1970 – 26 February 2022) was a Ukrainian military medic who was the first woman to be posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine distinction.[2][3]

  1. ^ МИКИТЮК, Виктория (15 March 2022). ""Зная Инну, она по-другому и не могла погибнуть"" ["Knowing Inna, she could not have died differently"]. Fakty i Kommentarii (in Russian). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ ОХРИМЕНКО, Ольга (13 March 2022). "Вперше звання Героя України посмертно присвоєно жінці" [For the first time, the title of Hero of Ukraine was posthumously awarded to a woman]. Fakty i Kommentarii (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. ^ Шушківський, А. І. (8 July 2023). Дерусова Інна Миколаївна (in Ukrainian). Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.