Yurii Kovalchuk

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Yurii Kovalchuk
Native name	Юрій Олександрович Ковальчук
Born	(1998-05-15)15 May 1998 Kovel, Volyn region, Ukraine
Died	23 May 2022(2022-05-23) (aged 24) near the village of Bilohorivka, Luhansk region, Ukraine
Allegiance	Ukraine
Service/branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service	2018–2021 2021–2022
Unit	14th Mechanized Brigade
Battles/wars	Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Northern Ukraine campaign Eastern Ukraine campaign Battle of Donbas †
Awards	Order of the Gold Star (posthumously)

Yurii Kovalchuk (Ukrainian: Юрій Олександрович Ковальчук; May 15, 1998 — May 23, 2022) was a Ukrainian military officer and participant in the Russo-Ukrainian War, and posthumous recipient of the Hero of Ukraine, the highest state award in Ukraine.