LESCHCHENKO Andriy Oleksiyovych 02/28/1983 – 02/09/2023

🕯🇺🇦ZMIIVSHCHINA IN SCARBOT AGAIN: OUR COMPATRIANT AND DEFENDER DIED — ANDRIY LESCHCHENKO

🇺🇦🕯 Rifleman of the 3rd Rifle Division, 2nd Rifle Platoon, 2nd Rifle Company, military unit A7288, senior soldier. Died near the settlement of Minkivka, Donetsk region.

Andriy was born in the village of Chemuzhivka. On February 28 of this year, he would have turned 40. Our countryman studied at the Chemuzhiv school. After graduating from it, he entered the Kharkiv University of Civil Engineering and Architecture.

From 2005 to 2006, he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After demobilization, he immediately got a job. Andriy had golden hands and a heart, was hardworking, responsible, determined and courageous, always ready to help.

In 2014, Andriy Leshchenko joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under a contract. He has rotations in the Joint Forces Operation behind his shoulders.

The full-scale invasion of the Russian army prompted Andriy to volunteer for the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And on March 30, 2022, he was accepted into military service.

Senior soldier Andriy Leshchenko, a rifleman of the 3rd rifle division of the 2nd rifle platoon of the 2nd rifle company, who took the military oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people, courageously fulfilling his military duty in the battle for Ukraine, its freedom and independence, while performing a combat mission in the settlement of Minkivka, Donetsk region, died on February 9, 2023.

Andriy is survived by his parents, sisters, and daughter.

📍The ceremony of the honorable burial of the warrior-hero Andriy Leshchenko will take place tomorrow, February 16 at 11:00 in the center of the village of Chemuzhivka. We express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of our Warrior. Eternal and bright memory to the Defender. Heroes do not die.