Olga Kachura
Ukrainian separatist military officer (1970–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Olga Sergeevna Kachura[lower-alpha 1] (12 May 1970 – 29 July 2022)[1][2] was a Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist in the Russo-Ukrainian War, colonel of the Donetsk People's Republic People's Militia and a commander of a rocket artillery divizion. She was known under the call sign Korsa.[3]
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeevna and the family name is Kachura.
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Born | (1970-05-12)12 May 1970 Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 29 July 2022(2022-07-29) (aged 52) Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine |
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In 2022, Kachura was sentenced by a Ukrainian court to 12 years in prison in absentia, for serving in the DPR army, which Ukraine considers as a terrorist organisation.