Yurii Krasylnikov

Yurii Mykolaiovych Krasylnikov (Ukrainian: Юрій Миколайович Красильніков) was a Ukrainian military pilot, Major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Hero of Ukraine (posthumously, 2023).

Yurii Krasylnikov
Native name
Юрій Красильніков
Birth nameYurii Mykolaiovych Krasylnikov
Died26 June 2022
over the Black Sea
AllegianceUkraine Ukraine
Service/branch Ukrainian Air Force
RankMajor
Battles/warsRusso-Ukrainian War
AwardsHero of Ukraine Hero of Ukraine

Biography

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he served with the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On the morning of 26 June 2022, as a navigator of a Su-24 aircraft under the command of Colonel Mykhailo Matiushenko, he performed a combat mission near Zmiinyi Island. After successfully destroying the enemy's Pantsyr anti-aircraft missile system on Zmiinyi Island, their plane was hit by enemy air defense systems and crashed in the Black Sea near the island. Subsequently, the body of Mykhailo Matyushenko was found in Bulgaria, while the body of Yurii Krasylnikov has not yet been found.[1]

Awards
  • The title of Hero of Ukraine with the "Order of the Gold Star" (2023, posthumously)

On 6 August 2023, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi presented the "Order of the Golden Star" to Yurii Krasylnikov's relatives during the celebrations on the occasion of the Day of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[2]

References
  1. "Незламні екіпажі: "Я піду воювати, а молодих потрібно берегти"". starkon.city. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  2. "Україна може битися й жити, бо є воїни, які очищують наше небо від російського зла — Президент із нагоди Дня Повітряних сил ЗСУ". Офіційне інтернет-представництво президента України. 2023-08-06.
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