Mykola Mykytenko

Mykola Mykytenko
Mykola Mykytenko
Native name	Микола Микитенко
Nickname(s)	"Crow" (Ukrainian: Ворон)
Born	June 29, 1971; Kyiv
Died	October 14, 2020 (aged 49); Kyiv
Allegiance	Ukraine
Branch	National Guard of Ukraine
Years of service	2014–2020
Rank	Sergeant
Unit	Battalion of operational assignment of NSU named after Serhiy Kulchytskyi
Battles/wars	Siege of Slovyansk

Mykola Mykytenko (Ukrainian: Микола Миколайович Микитенко, June 29, 1971, Kyiv – October 14, 2020, Kyiv, Ukraine) was a sergeant of the Joint Forces Operation of Ukraine, who at 3:30 a.m. on October 11, 2020, committed self-immolation on the Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv. He explained this act as an attempt to explain how Ukrainian defenders live at the frontline.

Biography

Ceremony of farewell to Mykola Mykytenko

Mykola Mykytenko was born in Kyiv. Studied at school No. 171. He had two higher educations: a lawyer and a history teacher.[1]

An activist of the 19th hundred of the Maidan Self-Defense Force was concussed by the explosion of a stun grenade. Participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war since 2014, sergeant, platoon commander of the 1st operational battalion named after Kulchytskyi, took part in the Siege of Sloviansk, where he was seriously injured: a landmine exploded under the Mykola's vehicle. In the hospital, he made an indelible impression on the 60-year-old Margarita Dovgan, who later wrote about him in the book "Hospital Notes" (2018): A strict warrior and a sunny man; she also mentioned him in an interview before her 90th birthday, in September 2020.[2]

After treatment, he returned to the front, served in various military units. However, due to poor health, he had to resign, received a disability group and went to the east as a volunteer, delivering the collected aid to the front.[3]

He died on October 14, 2020, and was buried in Zhytomyr region, next to his father's grave.

References

http://slovoprosvity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Slovo36-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf
"Маргарита ДОВГАНЬ: "Слово вирішує все!" — Телеканал I-UA.tv". i-ua.tv (in Ukrainian). September 8, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
Баркар, Дмитро; Штекель, Михайло (October 19, 2020). "Крик до українців, а не самогубство – побратим про самоспалення ветерана АТО Микитенка". Радіо Свобода. Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2023.

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[1] ttp://slovoprosvity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Slovo36-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf

[2] "Маргарита ДОВГАНЬ: "Слово вирішує все!" — Телеканал I-UA.tv". i-ua.tv (in Ukrainian). September 8, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2023.

[3] Баркар, Дмитро; Штекель, Михайло (October 19, 2020). "Крик до українців, а не самогубство – побратим про самоспалення ветерана АТО Микитенка". Радіо Свобода. Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2023.