Viacheslav Ponomarenko
Native name
В‘ячеслав Анатолійович Пономаренко
Birth nameViacheslav Analoliyovych Ponomarenko
Born (1982-09-27) 27 September 1982
AllegianceUkraine Ukraine
Service/branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
Battles/warsRusso-Ukrainian War
Awards Hero of Ukraine

Viacheslav Ponomarenko (Ukrainian: В’ячеслав Анатолійович Пономаренко; born 27 September 1982) is a lieutenant colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a participant in the Russo-Ukrainian war.[1] He is Hero of Ukraine with the award of the Order of the Golden Star. He plays rugby union for the Ukraine national rugby union team.

Awards

  • The title of Hero of Ukraine with the award of the Order of the Golden Star (2022) — for personal courage and heroism shown in the defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the military oath.[2]

Rugby union

Ponomarenko is a centre for the Ukraine national team and is a member of RC Olymp which plays in the Ukraine Rugby Superliga.[3]

References

  1. Очеретянко, С. І. (2023-07-08). Пономаренко В’ячеслав Анатолійович (in Ukrainian). Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
  2. ПРЕЗИДЕНТ УКРАЇНИ ВОЛОДИМИР ЗЕЛЕНСЬКИЙ. Офіційне інтернет-представництво. "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №122/2022. Про присвоєння звання Герой України". president.gov.ua.
  3. Gallagher, Brenden (10 April 2022). "Oleksiy is one of the real heroes". The RugbyPaper. No. 708. p. 25.


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