On 28 September at the main stage of the National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic» celebrated the Defender of Ukraine Day, and graduates of the Department of Military Training of Poltava Polytechnic were awarded officer epaulettes. Students of Vitalii Hrytsaienko Poltava Lyceum with Enhanced Military-Physical Training joined the celebrations, for whom the example of their senior comrades will be a worthy example of patriotism and readiness to go to the defence of state sovereignty and independence of our country.
By Order No. 1104 of the Minister of Defence of Ukraine dated 23 August 2023, 78 graduates of the Department of Military Training were awarded the title of "Junior Lieutenant of the Reserve".
The guests of honour who came to the celebrations were the Rector of the National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic», Doctor of Economics, Lieutenant Colonel of the Reserve, Professor Volodymyr Onyshchenko, Deputy Head of the Poltava Regional Centre for Personnel Recruitment and Social Security of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participant of military operations, Lieutenant Colonel Eduard Borodai, and the Head of the Vitalii Hrytsaienko Poltava Lyceum with Enhanced Military-Physical Training.
"Congratulations, dear graduates of the Department of Military Training, friends and partners of the National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic» on the Defender of Ukraine Day!
Today we will perform an honourable mission and the current officer epaulettes of junior lieutenants for the graduates of the Department of Military Training, who completed their training in the difficult conditions of the full cycle of the invasion of the aggressor country on the territory of our country.
In 2021 you entered military training in a peaceful country, but in modern conditions we all understand that our main task is to protect the integrity and freedom of our country. The Armed Forces of Ukraine give us the opportunity to study, to work, to acquire knowledge, to acquire a profession, to conduct practical military training in order, above all, to repel the enemy. Therefore, we should thank them for this opportunity and together bring our Victory closer!
This holiday will be special for you, because you have achieved another life goal and have become a worthy continuation of the glorious deeds of our predecessors. I am proud that when I was studying at university many years ago, I also underwent military training and military service to be ready to take up arms and go to defend the Motherland.
Dear friends, I wish that the knowledge and skills you have learnt from the specialists of the military training department will provide you with reliable means of how to save your own life and accurately defeat the hated enemy.
I sincerely thank our guests of honour, who often visit the university and by their example inspire our youth to selfless love for the country they were born in. Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Glory to Ukraine! " - greeted the rector, Professor Volodymyr Onyshchenko.
"It is a difficult time to receive officer's epaulettes, but I am confident in the knowledge imparted by the best teachers of the Department of Military Training, who daily put useful skills and abilities into the minds of their cadets, teaching them to love their country. I often repeat the phrase - the desire to never need the acquired skills, today it is a little different - to effectively apply the acquired knowledge and bring our Victory over the Russian aggressor closer. I wish you good luck, fortitude and peace! " - said the deputy head of the Poltava regional centre of manning and social security of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant of military operations Lieutenant Colonel Eduard Borodai.
On the powerful scientific and pedagogical base of the Poltava Polytechnic, which provides fundamental knowledge in all spheres of our country, in particular, the military, the head of Vitalii Hrytsaienko Poltava Lyceum with Enhanced Military-Physical Training from the Poltava Regional Council, Colonel-Reservist Oleksandr Balenko, stressed in his welcoming speech. "We share a common joy for your achievements, that you not by word but by deed confirm your patriotism, the fact that in such difficult times you went to study military affairs and gave up your shoulder to defend our Ukraine." - said the head of Poltava lyceum with enhanced military-physical training named after Vitalii Hrytsaienko.
With a minute of silence those present honoured the Heroes, who in this difficult time began a deadly struggle with the enemy and died for Ukraine.
For high achievements in education and on the occasion of the Defender of Ukraine Day, a diploma of the National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic» was awarded:
Ihor Moroz - student of the Educational and Research Institute of Oil and Gas;
Anton Misiur - student of the Educational and Research Institute of Information Technologies and Robotics;
Daniil Pleshkan - student of the Educational and Research Institute of Information Technologies and Robotics;
Mykhailo Tolochyn - student of the Educational and Research Institute of Information Technologies and Robotics;
Oleksii Chernukha - student of the Educational and Research Institute of Information Technologies and Robotics;
Maksym Lozhechka - student of the Faculty of Philology, Psychology and Pedagogy;
Nikita Solovei - student of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports;
Anastasiia Yasko - student of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports;
Yevhenii Bov - graduate of the Department of Military Training;
Denis Hrynevych - graduate of the Department of Military Training;
Anastasiia Kuleniak - graduate of the Department of Military Training;
Denis Ostapets - graduate of the Department of Military Training;
Larysa Pipa - graduate of the Department of Military Training;
Snizhana Sukhyna - graduate of the Department of Military Training;
Mykhailo Turchak - graduate of the Department of Military Training
Rostyslav Khomliuk - graduate of the Department of Military Training;
Ivan Tsykhryk - graduate of the Department of Military Training.
"A momentous event is taking place in the life of the University, because it is not every day that fresh forces of our graduates join the reliable ranks of future officers, whose achievements we are sincerely proud of.
Dear graduates, you have been walking on this special day for two years - you studied combined combat disciplines in the first year and learnt to establish communication, which is rightly considered the "nerve" of the Armed Forces, in the second.
You are true patriots, because despite the fact that there is a full-scale war in the country, you decided to become officers. I am happy for each of you and wish you success in all your endeavours, I am sure that you will certainly need the knowledge, practical skills and abilities acquired during your studies at the Department of Military Training. I know - you will not let down either the university or the Department of Military Training, you are great guys, keep up! ", - said the candidate of military sciences, associate professor, vice-rector of scientific, pedagogical and educational work of the National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic», Colonel Anatolii Martynenko.
The Centre of Culture and Student Creativity of Poltava Polytechnic made a musical gift to the graduates of the Department of Military Training - the song " Ne zalyshai" was performed by Maria Serba, a master student of the Faculty of Philology, Psychology and Pedagogy.
The methods of self-defence and hand-to-hand combat were demonstrated by Nikita Solovei, a graduate of the Department of Military Training, Master of Sports of Ukraine in military sports, second-year cadet Karina Shpika and first-year cadet Ivan Velichko.
At the end of the celebrations, the guests of honour and graduates of the Department of Military Training made a joint photo in memory of a significant event for the whole university.
We would like to remind you that the Department of Military Training of Poltava Polytechnic invites you to study under the reserve officer training programmes.
Recently, the Polytechnic Institute solemnly congratulated more than 3000 first-year students, a charity concert of the National Academic Orchestra of Folk Instruments was held, the International University Sports Day was celebrated with a rousing movement and sports master-classes, and the best athletes of the university were celebrated on the Day of Physical Culture and Sports.
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