Памʼяті старшого сержанта Максима Міщенка

01.11.2026, 09:00◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

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Памʼяті старшого сержанта Максима Міщенка

Maksym Mishchenko died during the evacuation of wounded colleagues in Zaporizhzhia as a result of a massive attack by enemy FPV drones. It was not the first time he risked his life to save others: even during the ATO, he took his fellow soldiers out from under enemy fire.

Maksym was born on September 28, 1994 in Kryvyi Rih. In 1997, his family moved to Petrovy in Kirovohrad Oblast. From an early age, the boy was interested in technology and loved to help his father repair cars.

Since 2016, the man has been serving under contract in the National Guard of Ukraine and performing combat missions in the east of the country. Together with his older brother Dmytro, they served in the 4th Operational Brigade.

"From 2016 to 2019, they performed tasks in the Donetsk region as gun drivers, as well as were on duty at the Mariupol airport. Max participated in the tests of armored vehicles "Kozak" in combat conditions. Several trucks of different types were assigned to the brother - a watch, a highway, a heavy tractor and an armored car.

Details

Maxim's professionalism was not just the ability to drive different machines. At the front, it depended on the driver whether the soldiers would reach the positions, whether they would be able to deliver the necessary supplies, and whether the wounded would be able to get out of the shelling.

Context

In 2013, Maksym was called up for military service. Subsequently, he remained in the army under contract. Military affairs combined with what Maxim knew and loved to do best - to work with equipment.

With his wife Lyubov, they grew up in the same village and studied at the same school. However, their love story began later, when Lyubov was already studying at the Pedagogical University in Kropyvnytskyi, and Maksym was in military service.

What's next

Later, Maxim continued his service in the howitzer artillery battalion of the first operational brigade, and later in the fourth rapid response brigade. In 2019, he returned to civilian life and worked as a tractor driver.