Dmytro Kotsiubailo
Dmytro Ivanovych Da Vinci Kotsiubailo (Ukrainian: Дмитро Іванович Да Вінчі Коцюбайло; 1 November 1995 – 7 March 2023) was a Ukrainian volunteer, soldier, lieutenant, a commander of the 1st Mechanized Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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He was a participant in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Kotsiubailo was the youngest battalion commander in the history of the Ukrainian Army. He served as a leader of the right-wing Right Sector movement.
Dmytro Kotsiubailo Дмитро Коцюбайло | |
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| Nickname(s) | Da Vinci |
| Born | 1 November 1995 Zadnistrianske, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine |
| Died | 7 March 2023 (aged 27) Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine |
| Allegiance | Ukrainian Armed Forces |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Commands held | 1st Mechanized Battalion |
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In December 2021 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded Kotsiubailo the Hero of Ukraine Ukraine decoration, the country's highest honour. In 2022, he was included in the 30 under 30: Faces of the Future rating by Forbes.
Early life
Dmytro Kotsiubailo was born on 1 November 1995 in the village of Zadnistrianske, now Burshtyn community, Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. He graduated from Bovshivka Secondary School and Ivano-Frankivsk Art Lyceum.
Ukrainian resistance
He was an active participant in the 2014 Revolution of Dignity. He fought in the Russo-Ukrainian War, as a platoon commander of volunteers in 2014, and as a company commander in 2015. In 2014, he was wounded in Pisky, Donetsk Oblast, and returned to the front after recovery. On 17 March 2016, he had served as a captain of an ultra-nationalist volunteer battalion known as the “Right Sector" and led the 1st Mechanized Battalion "Da Vinci Wolves", but never joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Death
On 7 March 2023, Kotsiubailo was killed. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his video address: "Today, 'Da Vinci', a Hero of Ukraine, a volunteer, a man-symbol, a man of courage, Dmytro Kotsiubailo, was killed in action. A fighter of the 67th separate mechanized brigade, a commander. He died in the battle near Bakhmut, in the battle for Ukraine". Dmytro was buried at Askold's Grave.
On 20 December 2023 the Dnipro City Council renamed a part of Dnipro's central avenue Dmytro Kotsiubailo Avenue in honor of Kotsiubailo.
On 18 January 2024 the Kyiv City Council renamed a square in Kyiv's Pecherskyi District in his honor.
Awards
- The title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Golden Star (30 November 2021) — for personal courage in the defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine;
- Cross of Military Merit (9 March 2023, posthumously);
- National Legend of Ukraine (23 August 2023, posthumously)
- Order of the People's Hero of Ukraine (2017).
Military ranks
- Lieutenant
- Junior Lieutenant (2022)
References
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