Artem Lazarenko

Brigade Chief of Operations - Major

Unit: 439th Independent Guards Reactive Artillery Brigade, Southern Military District

Cargo ID: #57

Full Name: Artem Sergeevich Lazarenko

Russian Name: Артем Сергеевич Лазаренко

Date of Birth: 18 March 1988 (age: 34 years)

Place of Birth: Pskov, Russia

Place of Death: Chornobaivka, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine (Command Post Strike)

However, on March 15, the command post of the artillery brigade came under intense fire. The positions were hit by artillery and aviation, Hurricanes, Grads, and cannon artillery. Despite the threat to life and health, Major Lazarenko fulfilled his military duty with honor and courage. The explosion occurred next to him. The fragments went through the side, where the body was not protected by a bulletproof vest.

Education: Military Artillery Academy in St. Petersburg (Graduated 2011)

Awards: Order of Courage (ph.), Medal "For Courage", Medal "Zhukov", Medal "For Military Valor", others under investigation

Previously Deployed: Syria (6 Business trips)

Registered Address: Russia, Astrakhan Oblast, Znamensk, Astrakhanskaya Street, 6-B, apt. 42

Passport Information: series 5008 № 958747, issued 22.09.2008 by the center of Federal Migration Service of Russia in Pskov

Social Media: OK.ru

Artem was born on March 18, 1988 in the beautiful Russian city of Pskov. In the family of Sergei Vladimirovich and Liliya Alekseevna Lazarenko, he was the eldest son. My father served in the Airborne Forces, participated in the liquidation of gangs in the Chechen Republic, carried out a peacekeeping mission in the Republic of Abkhazia, and finished his service with the rank of warrant officer. Mom devoted her whole life to medicine. Parents raised Artem and younger Danil to be real men.