Global InformationAliaksiej Skoblia information
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| Native name | Аляксей Скобля |
| Nickname(s) | Тур (Bison) |
| Born | 14 March 1990 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus) |
| Died | 13 March 2022 (aged 31) Moshchun, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine |
| Allegiance |  Ukraine |
| Service/ | Territorial Defence Forces |
| Rank | Senior sergeant |
| Unit | Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment |
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| Awards |  Order of the Gold Star (posthumously) Medal of the Order of the Pahonia (posthumously) |
Aliaksiej Mikalajevič Skoblia (Belarusian: Аляксей Мікалаевіч Скобля, 14 March 1990 – 13 March 2022), nom de guerre "Tur" (Тур, lit. "Bison"), was a Belarusian soldier who was deputy commander of the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Battalion under the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Skoblia died defending Kyiv from advancing Russian troops during the Battle of Kyiv in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was posthumously conferred the title of Hero of Ukraine by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[1][2]
- ^ Свабода, Радыё (13 April 2022). "Беларускага байца Аляксея Скоблю пасьмяротна ўганаравалі званьнем Героя Ўкраіны" [Belarusian fighter Aliaksiej Skoblia posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine]. Радыё Свабода (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE №233 / 2022 About conferring the title of Hero of Ukraine