Order for Courage

Awards of the President of Ukraine for Courage

Medals, star and ribbons

Awardees

• Viktor Hurniak - Ukrainian scout, photographer, volunteer killed in the Russian-Ukrainian War.
• Aleksandr Akimov - Engineer and shift supervisor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant who worked tirelessly unto his death to mitigate the safety risks posed by the Chernobyl disaster.
• Leonid Toptunov - In the control room at the reactor control panel at the moment of explosion, with Akimov; received fatal dose during attempts to restart feedwater flow into the reactor
• Valery Khodemchuk - Engineer who was the night shift circulating pump operator at the Chernobyl power plant and was the first victim of Chernobyl disaster
• Yuri A. Vershynin - - In the turbine hall at the moment of explosion; received fatal dose during firefighting and stabilizing the turbine hall, died in a Moscow hospital
• Anatoly I. Shapovalov - Electrician during the Chernobyl disaster.
• Viktor V. Proskuryakov - Present in the control room at the moment of explosion; received fatal dose of radiation while attempting to enter the reactor hall to manually lower the control rods during the Chernobyl disaster
• Valery I. Perevozchenko - Foreman during the Chernobyl disaster. Received fatal dose of radiation during an attempt to locate and rescue Khodemchuk and others, approached the reactor hall together with Kudryavtsev and Proskuryakov
• Oleksandr V. Novyk - Turbine equipment machinist-inspector during Chernobyl disaster Received fatal dosage of more than 1,000 rad during firefighting and stabilizing the turbine hall.
• Vladimir I. Tishura - First responding firefighter to the Chernobyl disaster. Received a fatal dose whilst extinguishing fires on the roof of reactor 3.
• Viktor N. Kibenok - Chief of the Pripyat Fire Department, first responder to the Chernobyl disaster. Received a fatal dose of radiation while extinguishing fires on the roof of reactor 3 and around the ventilation chimney.
• Vladimir P. Pravik - The first firefighter to arrive on the scene of the Chernobyl disaster, coordinated firefighting efforts on the roof of the turbine hall and the roof of reactor 3. Received a fatal radiation dose while on the roof of reactor 3.
• Vasily I. Ignatenko - First responding firefighter after the Chernobyl explosion. Extinguished fires around the ventilation chimney and helped carry his comrades down from the roof. He received a fatal radiation dose while on reactor 3's roof.
• Leonid P. Telyatnikov - Chief of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant FD, arrived 10 minutes after the explosion and coordinated all firefighting efforts at the site. He also helped his men into ambulances.
• Nikolai I. Titenok - First responder to the Chernobyl disaster. He was a sergeant from the Pripyat Fire Department. Helped firefighting on the roof of reactor 3.
• Nina Strokata Karavanska - "for civil courage, devotion in the struggle for the establishment of the ideals of freedom and democracy, and on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Ukrainian Public Group to promote the implementation of the Helsinki Accords.”
• , Ukrainian soldier from Alushta, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, fallen near Avdiivka.
• , Ukrainian soldier from Kreminna, Luhansk Oblast, died near Krasnohorivka, while protecting a comrade with his own body.
• Dmytro Streknev - Ukrainian soldier from Nyzhnia Duvanka, Luhansk Oblast, fallen near Zolote, for bravery and courage and in the defense of the homeland.
• Valeriy Herovkin, Ukrainian soldier from Kramatorsk
• Ivan Fedorov - Mayor of Melitopol, for bravery at the Battle of Melitopol.
• Jonathan Tseng - Taiwanese volunteer, first East Asian killed in action during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, after successfully covering 3 colleagues to retreat in front line under siege.
• Trevor Kjeldal - Australian sniper, returning from previous wound; Tseng's teammate, died in action of the same battle.
• Patron - Bomb-sniffing dog, awarded jointly with his handler Mykhailo Iliev.
• Mikhailo Dianov, soldier involved in the Mariupol resistance.
• Kyrylo Budanov, head of Main Directorate of Information of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
• Oleksiy Ananenko, - After the Chernobyl disaster, he was part of the three-man "suicide squad" that drained the steam suppression pools under the fourth reactor building.
• Oleksandr Kolchenko, political activist from Crimea, who was held as a political prisoner by the Russian Federation for resisting against the ongoing occupation of the peninsula.
• Samuel Francis Thomas Newey, - 22-year-old Birmingham-born British volunteer during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
• Luke Barrett Maczynski - American volunteer during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Analyst and battle action planner, awarded due to actions in the liberation of Pokrovsk and surrounding settlements in Donetsk Oblast.