Eduard Hryhorovych Shevchenko (; born 19 April 1977) is a Ukrainian soldier of the

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captain 1st rank Captain 1st rank () is a rank used by the Russian Navy and a number of List of communist states#Former communist states, former communist states. The rank is the most senior rank in the staff officers' career group. The rank is equivalent to Colone ...

, head of the between 2016 and 2017. Knight of the II and III degree Orders of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, full knight of the Order for Courage. He was detained by the

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on March 7, 2023, as an agent of Russian intelligence who was engaged in preparations for the capture by the

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of the city of

Ochakiv Ochakiv (, ), also known as Ochakov (; ; or, archaically, ) and Alektor (), is a small city in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Ochakiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. ...

in the

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during the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

.Герої серед нас. «Батя» Едуард Шевченко з Очаківському «морських котиків»: «Я давав присягу народу України». 04.09.2015, 15:56

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Капітан І рангу — Шевченко Едуард Григорович, фото Романа Ніколаєва
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shevchenko, Eduard Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School alumni Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero of Ukraine Recipients of the Order For Courage, 3rd class Recipients of the Order For Courage, 2nd class Chevaliers of the Order For Courage, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class 1977 births Living people