Zelenskyy posthumously awards title of Hero of Ukraine to pilot Oleksii Kovalenko
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to pilot Oleksii Kovalenko, who was killed in Kharkiv Oblast.
Source: Presidential Decree No. 109/2023
Quote: "For personal courage and heroism shown in the defence of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and selfless service to the Ukrainian people, I hereby decree that the title Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Golden Star be awarded to Major Oleksii Oleksandrovych Kovalenko (posthumously)."
Reference: Major Oleksii Kovalenko, a first-class pilot of a Su-24M frontline bomber, was killed on 22 March 2022, as a result of being shot down during a combat mission to conduct an airstrike on a Russian convoy of manpower and equipment near the city of Izium, Kharkiv Oblast.
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