Maksym Ustymenko
Maksym Ustymenko | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Максим Устименко |
| Birth name | Максим Юрійович Устименко |
| Born | 1993 Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Died | (aged 31) |
| Allegiance | Ukraine Ukraine |
| Branch | File:Ensign of the Ukrainian Air Force.svg Ukrainian Air Force |
| Service years | 2017–2025 |
| Rank | Pidpolkovnyk |
| Conflicts | Russo-Ukrainian War † |
| Awards | Hero of Ukraine Order of the Gold Star (Posthumously) Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class |
| Alma mater | File:ХНУПС.png Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University |
Maksym Yuriiovych Ustymenko (Ukrainian: Максим Юрійович Устименко; 1993 – 29 June 2025) was a Ukrainian fighter pilot with the rank of pidpolkovnyk in the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was a participant of the Russo-Ukrainian war, during which he was killed in 2025. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Born in 1993,[2] he was a classmate of the fallen pilot and Hero of Ukraine Andrii Pilshchykov.[3]
On the night of 29 June 2025, Ustymenko fought off a massive Russian attack in an F-16 fighter jet; he managed to destroy seven air targets. While practicing on the last target the plane was damaged; the pilot took the plane away from the settlement, but did not have time to eject.[4]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- Titled Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Golden Star (29 June 2025, posthumously)[1]
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class (28 February 2022)[5]
Military ranks
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Decree of the President of Ukraine from 29 червня 2025 year № 444/2025 «Про присвоєння М.Устименку звання Герой України» (in Ukrainian)
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- ^ a b Decree of the President of Ukraine from 28 лютого 2022 year № 79/2022 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)
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- 1993 births
- 2025 deaths
- Military personnel from Kharkiv
- Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University alumni
- Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Gold Star (Ukraine)
- Ukrainian military aviators
- Ukrainian military personnel killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2025
- Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in Ukraine