“Light of Memory”: Serhiy Frolenko

On September 2, 2024, the 2021 graduate Serhiy Frolenko died.

Serhiy was born on November 14, 1991 in Donetsk region. His father died when Serhiy was very young. The boy was raised by his mother, grandmother and grandfather.

Later, the family moved to the city of Kodymy, Odessa region. Here Serhiy graduated from school, where everyone loved and respected him very much, because he was a very smart child, read a lot, studied well. Even in middle school, he knew what he wanted to become: he dreamed of treating and saving people. He had important character traits: he was very hardworking, not afraid of any work, purposeful and persistent on the path to his dream.

After graduating from school, he entered the Kotov (now Podilsk) Medical Vocational College with a degree in nursing. He studied diligently, and besides, he was not afraid of any part-time jobs, worked the night shift at a pharmacy, and in general, wherever there was an opportunity, he went there to help his mother, whom he cared about very much.

After college, he continued his studies at ONMedU, and in his free time he managed to work as a nurse in a hospital.

In 2021, Serhiy graduated from university, but did not enter an internship, as he planned to earn money for his studies first.

All plans, hopes and dreams were destroyed by the war. Serhiy Frolenko was drafted into military service on March 19, 2022. Junior sergeant – serviceman of the border service of the 1st category – paramedic of the 3rd department of the border service of the 3rd border commandant’s office of rapid response military unit 9938, with the call sign “Bear”…

Serhiy died as a result of a drone strike on an evacuation group near the settlement of Hryhorivka, Donetsk region.

On September 14, 2024, the Kodym community conducted the last journey of ONMedU graduate Serhiy Frolenko. A Day of Mourning was declared in the city. Hundreds of people accompanied the Hero with honors – representatives of the Kodym city council, military administration, clergy, numerous fellow border guards. And at the local cemetery there was one more grave under the yellow-blue flags, of which there are already too many throughout our burnt Ukraine…

Eternal memory to you, Hero!