Daniel Kovalchuk "The Frenchman".

He was constantly inventing new ways to destroy the enemy.
Creative, brave, steely.
Survived an extremely serious injury during the defense of Kyiv.
He learned to walk again.
And went on to destroy the Russians.

On May 3, the Frenchman's heart stopped.
May he rest in peace. Heroyam Slava!

by HarakenQQ

39 comments

  1. On the evening of May 3, a representative of the Dynamo fan movement, an Armed Forces serviceman, Daniel Kovalchuk, with the call sign “Frenchman,” died of cardiac arrest. He was one of the founders of the Morana team unit of the 47th separate mechanized brigade.

    This was reported on May 5 by the soldier’s friends on social media, as well as the press service of the Dynamo football club and the Grunt publication.

    Daniel Kovalchuk has been an active member of Dynamo’s fan base since 2012. With the beginning of the Russian aggression in 2014, he joined the 3rd Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Azov Regiment, where he participated in the Shyrokyne operation.

    After leaving the service, “Frenchman” developed in the field of personal protection and became an expert in practical pistol shooting.

    In 2019, together with one of the leaders of the Dynamo Kyiv fan movement, Armed Forces soldier Maksym “Rugbyman” Yalovtsov, who died in the fall of 2022 while performing a combat mission, he launched the Civil Safety Academy project, teaching hundreds of people how to work with weapons.

    In 2020, Daniel and Maksym opened the Civil Safety Academy, a large shooting range on the left bank of Kyiv.

    After the start of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, The Frenchman and The Rugby Player created a volunteer unit based at CSA that participated in the defense of the capital.

    On March 20, 2022, Daniel Kovalchuk was seriously injured in a missile attack.

    Learning to walk again.

    Less than a year after being wounded, “Frenchman” recovered and created a 47th Brigade Morana Team unit that specialized in FPV drones and operated effectively in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas.

    Source:

    https://novynarnia.com/2025/05/05/sluzhyv-v-azovi-stvoryv-pidrozdil-morana-team-47-ombr-vid-zupynky-serczya-pomer-vbolivalnyk-dynamo-voyin-zsu-daniel-franczuz-kovalchuk/

  2. Quotes by Daniel “The Frenchman” Kovalchuk

    About the war

    “This horror will end one day. Those who survive it will return to their previous lives with a sense of their own heroism and a just desire to be respected in society. War is a place where everything is simple and everything is real. Such an atmosphere forms a new outlook on human qualities and principles of life, this format of everyday life changes you, but, unfortunately, does not change those who are left out of the main events,” wrote The Frenchman on his Instagram.

    On the importance of the Ukrainian language

    “The Ukrainian language is not just words. It is the memory of generations, it is our code, it is what makes us special. When you are far away from home and suddenly hear Ukrainian, it’s like meeting someone close to you. Language is independence.”

  11. Вічна памʼять! May the hero rest in peace in Valhalla.

  12. Could’ve stopped fighting after being injured… nah just kept on fighting for his country instead.

    That is true love for your country. For all the civilians being killed. He fought to stop it. To stop the innocent from being wiped out.

  16. Героям слава 🫡🇺🇦
    Нажаль втрачаємо найкращих синів і дочок України.

  17. RIP, darling Hero.
    Fly high and thank you 😊

  22. Thank you for your service, soldier. 🫡 🇺🇦

  26. Repose en paix, Daniel Kovalchuk. Slava Ukraine 🕊️

  31. We will carry him and his message of courage and strength in our hearts and minds.

  32. Heroiam Slava… Rest in Peace Hero 🇺🇦🇦🇺

  33. Rest in peace hero. You’re an inspiration to all. Fuck ruzzia, long live Ukraine

  37. Rest peacefully. I didn’t know him but would have loved to. What an amazing human being. Love from the USA 🇺🇸

  38. Long live the fighters.♥️

    Glory to the heroes. 🇺🇦

  39. The world needs more geroes like this. And it needs them alive. Stop russia now!

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