Serhiy Kokurin

Serhiy Kokurin
Сергій Кокурін
Born(1978-01-01)1 January 1978
Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died18 March 2014(2014-03-18) (aged 36)
Simferopol, Ukraine
Allegiance Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Army
Years of service1997–2014
RankPraporshchik
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder For Courage 3rd grade (posthumously)
Children2

Serhiy Viktorovych Kokurin (Ukrainian: Сергій Вікторович Кокурін; 1 January 1978 – 18 March 2014) was a Ukrainian soldier who was shot dead during an assault on a Ukrainian military base in Simferopol. He was the first soldier killed during the Russo-Ukrainian War.