Oleksandr Kutepov was born on 04/29/1995 and lived his whole life in Kochetok. He studied at the Kochetok Educational Complex of the Chuguiv District Council of the Kharkiv Region, which he graduated in 2012. 3 From 2012 to 2013 he studied at the Chuguiv Professional Agrarian Lyceum for the profession of "Tractor Driver. Driver of Motor Vehicles".
In October 2013, he was drafted into the Chuguivskyi Military District for military service. He served as a driver in the 92nd separate mechanized brigade. After completing his military service, he signed a contract and continued his military service as a senior driver. He participated in the ATO. He was discharged to the reserve in July 2018. From 2018 to 2022, he worked at JSC Kharkivoblenergo as an electrician of the operational field brigade.
With the beginning of the full-scale war, already on February 24, 2022, Oleksandr, through the Chuguiv RTCC and SP, voluntarily went to defend the Motherland as part of the 113th separate territorial defense brigade. He served in the positions of reconnaissance-gunner, detachment commander, and reconnaissance platoon commander of the brigade's reconnaissance company.
Marital status:
Father: Kutepov Alexander Alexandrovich; Mother: Kutepova Anna Nikolaevna; Wife: Kutepova Alina Konstantinovna; Son: Kutepov Alexander Alexandrovich, born in 2021. All live in the village of Kochetok.
Circumstances of death:
On October 22, 2024, Oleksandr, together with his comrades, was performing a combat mission at the positions of the "Krot" military unit near the settlement of Shakhtarske, Volnovakha district, Donetsk region. During enemy shelling of the positions, he received injuries incompatible with life.
The 29-year-old Hero of Defender of Ukraine was buried on October 28, 2024 in the village of Kochetok.
For high professionalism, conscientious performance of official duties, selfless actions shown during the protection of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the Military Oath, Oleksandr Kutepov was awarded the medal "For Military Service to Ukraine" (Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 770/2024 dated November 18, 2024, the Breastplate of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Cross of Military Honor" (order No. 1268 dated September 4, 2024). He was repeatedly awarded the Diplomas of the Head of the Regional Directorate of the Forces of the "East" Regional Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Commander of the "Kharkiv" Operational Group of Forces, and was awarded the medal "For the Liberation of the Kharkiv Region".
In accordance with the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 55/2025 dated January 20, 2025 "On Awarding State Awards of Ukraine", for personal courage shown in protecting the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, selfless performance of military duty, Sergeant KUTEPOV Oleksandr Oleksandrovych was posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of the 3rd degree.
