Oleh Khomenko | |
Nickname: | Апіс (Apis)[1] |
Birthname: | Oleh Serhiiovych Khomenko |
Birth Date: | 24 October 1972 |
Nationality: | Ukrainian |
Allegiance: | Ukraine |
Branch: | National Guard of Ukraine |
Battles: | Russo-Ukrainian War |
Rank: | Podpolkovnik |
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Oleh Serhiiovych Khomenko (uk|Олег Сергійович Хоменко; born 24 October 1972[2]) was a Ukrainian serviceman, podpolkovnik of the National Guard of Ukraine, defender of Mariupol, participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Hero of Ukraine (2022).
He was born in Krasnyi Luch (now Khrustalnyi)[3]
Participant of the Revolution of Dignity. Later he joined the Azov regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine; participant of the ATO/JFO.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]