Пам’яті старшого сержанта Андрія Коваленка (позивний «Антрацит»)

12.10.2026, 09:00◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

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Пам’яті старшого сержанта Андрія Коваленка (позивний «Антрацит»)

The commander of the combat vehicle and the detachment of the 214th Separate Special Battalion of OPFOR, Senior Sergeant Andriy Kovalenko, is remembered as a professional serviceman and a firm patriot.

Further return to civilian life was short-lived: in October 2016, he signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Since September 2017, Andrii served in the OPFOR unit at the training center in Starychi, received the rank of senior sergeant, was a combat vehicle commander and a squad leader.

Subsequently, during retraining at the National Academy of Land Forces named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi, an experienced serviceman trained young soldiers in combat skills.

During his service, Andrii received many awards. Among them — the award of the President of Ukraine "For participation in the anti-terrorist operation", as well as awards for participation in international military exercises.

Context

Andrii was born on September 29, 1980 in the village of Vyrishalne, Poltava region. At a local school, he graduated from nine classes, after which he studied at the Myrhorod Secondary Vocational School, where he obtained the profession of a tractor driver.

After military service in 1999-2001, he worked as a worker at Rise-East LLC, and later — at construction sites in Kyiv. According to the memories of friends, the man worked hard and loved his job, but eventually found the main life vocation in the army.

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The brothers considered Andriy Kovalenko to be a fort with the call sign "Anthracite", because all the combat exits with his participation, until the last, were completed successfully.

"Andrii is gone — there will be no more such apron," they began to say after his death during a counteroffensive operation in the north of Kharkiv region in May 2022.