Oleh Khomenko


Oleh Serhiiovych Khomenko was a Ukrainian serviceman, podpolkovnik of the National Guard of Ukraine, defender of Mariupol, participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Hero of Ukraine.

Biography

He was born in Krasnyi Luch
Participant of the Revolution of Dignity. Later he joined the Azov regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine; participant of the ATO/JFO.
During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was the commander of the commandant's company.
On 21 September 2022, he was released from captivity during a prisoner of war exchange. He was interned in Turkey together with Denys Prokopenko, Sviatoslav Palamar, Serhii Volynskyi and Denys Shleha.
On 8 July 2023, he was returned to the territory of Ukraine.

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