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Maksym Yuriiovych Ustymenko (Ukrainian: Максим Юрійович Устименко; 1993 – 29 June 2025) was a Ukrainian fighter pilot with the rank of pidpolkovnyk in the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was a participant of the Russo-Ukrainian war, during which he was killed in 2025. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.cite-ref-444-2025-1-0[1]

• Biography

• Awards

• Military ranks

• References

Born in 1993,cite-ref-2[2] he was a classmate of the fallen pilot and Hero of Ukraine Andrii Pilshchykov.cite-ref-3[3]

On the night of 29 June 2025, Ustymenko fought off a massive Russian attack in an F-16 fighter jet; he managed to destroy seven air targets. While practicing on the last target the plane was damaged; the pilot took the plane away from the settlement, but did not have time to eject.cite-ref-4[4]

• Titled Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Golden Star (29 June 2025, posthumously)cite-ref-444-2025-1-1[1]

• Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class (28 February 2022)cite-ref-79-2022-5-0[5]

• colonel (as of 2025)cite-ref-444-2025-1-2[1]

• pidpolkovnyk (as of 2022)cite-ref-79-2022-5-1[5]

cite-note-444-2025-11. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 29 червня 2025 year № 444/2025 «Про присвоєння М.Устименку звання Герой України» (in Ukrainian)

cite-note-22. ↑ citeref-2025Онісімова, Вікторія (29 June 2025). "Відбиваючи атаку РФ, на літаку F-16 загинув льотчик Максим Устименко". novynarnia.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 June 2025.

cite-note-33. ↑ citeref-2025Богданьок, Олена (29 June 2025). "Вночі, відбиваючи повітряну атаку РФ, загинув пілот на літаку F-16". suspilne.media (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 June 2025.

cite-note-44. ↑ "При відбитті російської атаки загинув льотчик F-16 Максим Устименко". РБК-Україна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 June 2025.

cite-note-79-2022-55. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 28 лютого 2022 year № 79/2022 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)