President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded the honorary title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Golden Star to Senior Soldier Denys Lysenko, senior gunner of a mechanized squad in the motorized infantry platoon of the 17th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion of the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Kish Otaman Kost Hordiienko.
On March 1 last year, near Synkivka in the Kharkiv region, together with his unit, Denys Lysenko stormed a fortified position of the occupiers. He was the first to break through the Russian defenses, destroyed an enemy firing point, and enabled the further advance of the assault group. Under heavy fire, he evacuated a wounded brother-in-arms, saving his life.
On March 2, Senior Soldier Lysenko was wounded, but after treatment he returned to service. In June, near Vovchansk, he was wounded again as a result of Russian artillery shelling. Despite this, he continued to repel attacks and provide assistance to wounded brothers-in-arms.
In October, he suffered a third wound – to his shoulder. Nevertheless, together with his brother-in-arms, Denys Lysenko continued to hold the position, repelling numerous enemy assaults with machine-gun fire for 18 days until evacuation became possible. That same month, under heavy fire, he carried an unconscious brother-in-arms from the combat position to an evacuation point on his own.
On April 8, at combat positions in Vovchansk, together with his brothers-in-arms, he engaged in a firefight with six enemy assault infantrymen and personally eliminated four of them.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy personally met Denys Lysenko on August 4 during his communication with the military at the command and observation post of the 17th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion of the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade. The commanders of the brigade and the battalion highlighted the combat feats of the Senior Soldier.