Oleh Kutsyn

Oleh Kutsyn, commander of the Karpatska Sich Battalion, was killed on eastern front.

“Oleh Kutsyn, one of the most powerful commanders, was killed on the eastern front. He was the founder and longtime leader of the Freedom Legion, commander of the Karpatska Sich Battalion (49th Separate Rifle Battalion of the Armed Forces). He was known as a true warrior, respected as a commander and a good man with an indomitable character," Ivano-Frankivsk Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv posted on Facebook, expressing condolences to the family of the deceased.

Oleh Kutsyn is a Ukrainian public, political and military figure, head of the Legion of Freedom, member of the political council of the All-Ukrainian Union “Svoboda” (Freedom). He was twice elected as a member of the Tiachiv City Council.

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Irreparable loss! One of the most powerful commanders, Oleg Kutsyn, was killed on the eastern front. Founder and longtime leader of the Freedom Legion, commander of the Carpathian Sich Battalion (49th Separate Rifle Battalion of the Armed Forces), he was known as a true warrior, respected as a commander and a good man of indomitable character. Let's avenge the death of the great knights! Sincere condolences to the family!

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Oleh Ivanovych Kutsyn - Ukrainian public, political and military figure, leader of the Legion of Freedom, member of the Political Council of the All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom", chairman of the Transcarpathian regional organization of the All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom", commander of the Separate Joint Assault Company "Carpathian Sich 93 of the Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Tyachiv District State Administration (2005-2006), twice elected deputy of the Tyachiv City Council

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Oleg Kutsyn was born on November 23, 1965 in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, where his parents were studying at the time. He graduated from Tyachiv Secondary School No. 1, now Secondary School No. 1 named after Vasyl Grenzhi-Donsky.

In 1982-1984 he studied at the Ivano-Frankivsk Institute of Oil and Gas. After military service, which he served in 1986-1989, he continued his studies at Lviv Polytechnic Institute. He graduated from the Lviv Regional Institute of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine.

From 1987 he worked at the Tyachiv plant "Zenith", where he went from master to acting director.

In 2005-2006 he was the first deputy head of the Tyachiv District State Administration.

Political activity
In 1989, Oleg Kutsyn joined the People's Movement of Ukraine for Perestroika. On October 4, 1989, despite a strict ban by the Communists, he hoisted a blue-and-yellow flag for the first time in his native Tyachev. It happened during the constituent assembly of the Tyachiv district organization of the Movement.

He took an active part in the 1990 parliamentary elections. Participant in the "Granite Revolution".

He was the chairman of the Transcarpathian regional organization of the All-Ukrainian political association "State Independence of Ukraine".

In 1998 he ran for the Verkhovna Rada of the 3rd convocation from the Electoral Bloc of Less Words parties.

On May 28, 2003, the Supreme Court of Ukraine deregistered the All-Ukrainian Political Association "State Independence of Ukraine" as inconsistent with Ukrainian law. Oleg Kutsyn becomes a member of the All-Ukrainian Association "Freedom". He later became the chairman of the Zakarpattia regional organization and a member of the Political Council of the Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union.

In 2007, Oleg Kutsyn was included in the party list of the Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union in the early elections to the Verkhovna Rada of the 7th convocation.

Oleg Kutsyn ran in 2012 in the single-mandate constituency № 72 (Rakhiv district, part of Tyachiv district) from VO "Svoboda" to the Verkhovna Rada of the 7th convocation, took third place, 5,542 voters voted for him.

In the early elections to the Verkhovna Rada in 2014, Oleg Kutsyn was included in the party list under № 30. All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" took seventh place in the number of votes, did not overcome the 5% barrier, did not pass Parliament.

In 2015, Oleh Kutsyn headed the electoral list of the Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union in the elections to the Zakarpattia Regional Council of the 8th convocation.

Since 2015, he has headed the Legion of Freedom, a combatant association of members of the Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union that took part in the War in eastern Ukraine.

In March 2017, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against Oleg Kutsin [10] [11].

Separate combined assault company "Carpathian Sich"
With the start of hostilities in eastern Ukraine in late May-early June 2014, Oleh Kutsyn organized a volunteer group of Svoboda activists to collect and deliver aid to Ukrainian servicemen serving in the occupied Slovyansk region of Donetsk Oblast. They mainly helped soldiers of the National Guard and related units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Initially, there were only a dozen volunteers, based on guys from Stryi, Transcarpathia and Kyiv.

In early summer 2014, volunteers decided to join the National Guard of Ukraine. Volunteers were trained at the training base in Novy Petrivtsi. It was decided to create a single unit of fellow volunteers, which at that time was already 35 people. Thus, a separate volunteer detachment "Carpathian Sich" of the 93rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was created, named after the Ukrainian paramilitary organization of the same name "Carpathian Sich", which existed in Transcarpathia in 1938-1939. The Dnipropetrovsk region became the place of permanent deployment of the Separate Combined Assault Company "Carpathian Sich".

In October 2014, Karpatska Sich took up positions in the village of Pisky and remained there until March 2016. During this time, the company became a company, took part in the defense of Donetsk airport, the battles for the Sands, the mine "Butovka", Water, Experimental, Pervomaisk.

Oleg Kutsyn was wounded on the eve of Christmas, in the battle for the village of Sands

The last 10 months of its existence A separate combined assault company "Carpathian Sich" was under constant fire from enemy artillery

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3510527-oleh-kutsyn-karpatska-sich-battalion-commander-killed-on-eastern-front.html

With the start of hostilities in eastern Ukraine, Kutsyn organized a volunteer group that collected and delivered aid to Ukrainian service members serving in Slovyansk district of Donetsk region. In early summer 2014, the volunteers decided to join the National Guard.