Пам’яті старшого сержанта Ольги Таран (позивний «Зима»)

On October 1, 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine (posthumously) to Olga Taran, who died in Mariupol.

Senior Sergeant Olga Taran is the first female servicewoman of the Naval Forces to receive the highest state award. For the 36th Marine Brigade, it's both an honor and a pain. Olga served as a medic in a tank battalion for seven years.

But the best thing about Olga, or as the tankers called her, Oleksandrivna, will be told by her brothers and sisters.

I saw her in a moodless state several times, and not for long. And she had the answer to everything: "But I'm beautiful." If the guys really hurt something, Olya did everything possible to help – gave a referral to the doctor, went with them to the medrot.

"At the end of 2020, he was injured, there was a very high traumatic amputation of the left leg with great blood loss, because there was not even a turnstile to apply. Olya still put on a turnstile, clamped an artery, I was quickly taken to the hospital. She was there all the time, she wouldn't let me sleep, she calmed me down, she held my hand.