Major Serhii Volynskyi
Major Serhii Volynskyi is a Ukrainian Marine Corps major and the former commander of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade. He gained international recognition during the 2022 siege of Mariupol, where he led his brigade in a breakout from the Illich steel plant and later joined forces with the Azov Regiment at the Azovstal steel plant. After months of intense fighting, he was captured by Russian forces in May, 2022, and held as a prisoner of war until his release in a prisoner exchange four months later. He was subsequently named a Hero of Ukraine by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.